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Dear Child

Romy Hausmann

3.95 AVERAGE

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I feel I should have liked this book a lot more than I did. Maybe too much was lost in translation from the German? It just felt kind of awkward.
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark mysterious sad fast-paced
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Reading Around the World: Germany 

This thriller is told from the perspective of 3 POVs. 
1. a Father, Mattias  whose daughter went missing 13 years ago when she was 21. 
2. A 13 year old little girl, Hannah who is autistic 
3. A women who is hit by a car escaping who goes by Lena from her captive but her name is Jasmine. 

The narration was really great each character had a different narrator and all of them did a great job. 

I liked the twist and did not see it coming. I think the ending left me sitting and wondering and I think that is great. The middle parts some of it was predictable and we have seen done before with thrillers but overall it was entertaining and kept me wanting to know how it would end. 

CW: sexual assaults', kidnapping, captivity, murder, death of a child, injury, car accident, medical content 
challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

couldn’t put this one down - it is among the best 3 books I’ve read this year. If you enjoyed Room, READ THIS. If you haven’t read Room, read both!
dark sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes