Reviews - The Reappearance of Rachel Price

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The Reappearance of Rachel Price

Holly Jackson

4.06 AVERAGE

weather01's review

4.0

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mayahebden's review

4.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kiro12's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

amberlaurens's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Holly Jackson is at it again with another mystery that will keep you guessing the whole time. Reading from the YA perspective (knowing that it wasn't written for me as an adult) I was able to suspend my disbelief of some of the scenarios. Also recognizing, that sometimes life is stranger than fiction so why can't fiction reflect that?
I liked that Bel was not a perfectly likeable main character. There were glaring flaws in her as a person, some reflective of the trauma of growing up having everyone think your dad murdered your mom, and some just the normal flaws of being human.
The family dynamics were very interesting and I enjoyed that too.
Some moments were predictable but for the most part I didn't see it coming and for me that's always the sign of a good book.
If I had to give one 'complaint', the book was hard for me to initially get into. The chapters before the reappearance were kind of boring to me. When Rachel returned then I couldn't put it down.