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I enjoyed the suspenseful nature of this book and think it was well written. But I have to say I agree with a few other reviewers' critiques about Calli's therapy. If she was so advanced in her writing, why didn't her family utilize that to help them communicate with her? And her father's character development left much to be desired.

amandawije's review against another edition

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5.0

4.5/5

I was really impressed that this was Heather Gudenkauf's debut novel and I enjoyed it more than some of her other novels. I took off half a star because I didn't like Louis' family's plot line and I felt like it didn't really add much to the story. It made me disappointed in him at the end rather than keeping me rooting for him.

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3.0

It makes me crazy when misdirection happens because of withheld information, and this story includes a child who has voluntary mutism because of childhood trauma and so can't provide information when information is necessary. Also the trauma of another child is used as a mechanism of the plot and it's just... disrespectful to the character.

On my TBR since April 2010.

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4.0

I didn't want to put this one down. A sad and scary tale, but I was completely intrigued by it and couldn't wait for a resolution.

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5.0

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3.0

I picked this up for my commuting read, but I couldn't put it down, so much for my bus reading. It turned into a mystery story, which I was not expecting. A very interesting take on Selective Mutism and the psychological damage that causes it or is caused by it. The story takes place in one day and the chapters move fairly quickly each from a different point of view, yet only Calli's in the third person. The story was intriguing but dark and a little heavy. But it moved quickly.

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