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3.21 AVERAGE
3.21 AVERAGE
I have mixed feelings about this book. I liked it until the end. It left me feeling disappointed that I spent so much time on it. The ending didn’t make sense to me at all and I felt like I’d wasted my time reading it.
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Às vezes era uma leitura um pouco monótona, o enredo era bom mas não gostei no final, ficou em aberto, não poderia acabar ali. Não sei se existe continuação, em português não há, vou ter que ver em outro idioma.
A very generous three stars. Thought it had promise in the beginning, but soon became quite slow and fizzled out to nothing.
An average missing-persons "thriller" nudged slightly out of mediocrity through excellent flawed characters with appropriately messy, illusioned, mis-communicated relationships.
I'm getting tired of this "how-well-do-you-really-know-your-kid" genre. Someone's missing, cue guilt-ridden professional mother who then marinates in extended angst of woulda, coulda, shoulda. The ending on this was so stupid as to be unbelievable. Would probably make for great discussion for a book club read though.
Did not finish. Disappointed. Quote on cover said "A thriller you won't be able to put down." - Tess Gerritsen
Six chapters in and it does not even feel close. Am bored and am not gelling with the main character.
Putting down.
Six chapters in and it does not even feel close. Am bored and am not gelling with the main character.
Putting down.
I am giving this four stars as it was a real page turner and very gripping, as well as very well written. I would definitely read more from this author and recommend this book. However there were a few things about it that troubled me. Daughter is the story of the 'perfect' family, GP Jenny, her neuro-surgeon husband Ted and their three teenage children. Their lives are blown apart one day when their fifteen year old daughter Naomi fails to return home after her school performance. The story is told from Jenny's point of view, and as she is plunged into every mother's worst nightmare, we see her trying to piece together the clues she missed in the lead up to Naomi's disappearance. It is soon revealed that she did not know her daughter at all, and their family is far from perfect. This book is certainly gripping and powerful, and I had to keep reading it every chance I got. Sadly the more I read the less I engaged with the characters. There were times I felt pity for Jenny, as she shoulders the blame for being a busy working mum while nothing is made of how unavailable the husband is. He seems to get off scott free which annoyed me. The two timelines, one told in the present where Jenny is still trying to find out what happened to her daughter, and one told in the past, leading up to and after the disappearance actually works very well. It makes you turn the page, desperate to piece the puzzle together. There are twists and turns and the ending was a surprise. What I found unrealistic was Naomi's obvious hatred for her mother. It was hard to fathom that Jenny had done anything to deserve such behaviour. Jenny herself becomes rather weak and irritating as time goes on, and there were many times I wanted her to stand up for herself where her children were concerned, Thought provoking though and a very powerful first debut.
More about the mother finding herself than finding the daughter...........