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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was such a great book! Not the typical mystery that I usually read. I can't even really describe it. So much happened in this short time and reading this story as it unfolded was nothing short of amazing. The beginning was a bit slow and dry and that is what lost it the one star. Once the road trip starts, it starts coming together beautifully. I wish it had a little bit different of an outcome but it was still good, none the less. I'd recommend!
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Another great Anni Taylor book! Really enjoyed this sad story.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is a long winded story about 2 estranged sisters who manage to do more in a couple of weeks than an entire police force did in 24 years.
The book starts off in the thick of it, fast paced and intriguing and then slows right down so a whole lot of nothing can happen for about 75% of the book and then speeds back up to what can only be described as a tornado of I’ll conceived resolutions and far-fetched pot twists that had my bullshit meter going off so much I damn near had my head implode.
1. Iris was a selfish twit as a teen and as an adult she is a truly awful person. She lied and manipulated everyone, she withheld vital evidence, and then blamed innocent people for all of her wrongdoings. The fact that nobody called her out on any of this just irritated the shit out of me.
2. You can’t just keep a kid you find in the bush. They’re not puppies. It doesn’t work like that. The venn diagram of this plot line and the plot holes is a circle. At some point that kid is going to a) need medical care, b) need ID and c) want to get a drivers license, and then what? Oops, sorry love, but you don’t technically exist.
3. A kid goes missing in Australia in 1998, that kids photo is everywhere. There is no way in hell the commune in Tasmania missed it. 98% of missing kids in Australia in 1997 were found within 30 days, so if a 4 yo girl of x description turned up with a couple of meth addicts while the whole country was looking for a kid matching that exact description, you would call the cops.
4. A couple of random meth addicts are not taking a 4 yo kid from Brisbane to Tasmania for shits and giggles. Also you need ID and the kid didn’t have any.
There are no secrets in small towns, especially secrets involving underage prostitutes having sex with cops and getting pregnant. Also, see point 2. About how you can’t just keep a kid you find, even if you find said kid in the arms of the underage girl you secretly impregnated.
5. Cops don’t dictate who gets to foster a child removed from its parent/Guardian and they definitely don’t pay teenagers to stalk people around the country.
6. These 2 sisters didn’t have to work for any of the information they found, it all just fell into their lap, and it all relies on a lot of people not saying anything about everything when a 4 yo is missing, but telling everything to 2 complete rando’s 24 years later. And the florist, my god.
I know I’m in the minority here because most people loved this book but there was just too much fanciful nonsense to get past and it ruined the story.
The book starts off in the thick of it, fast paced and intriguing and then slows right down so a whole lot of nothing can happen for about 75% of the book and then speeds back up to what can only be described as a tornado of I’ll conceived resolutions and far-fetched pot twists that had my bullshit meter going off so much I damn near had my head implode.
1. Iris was a selfish twit as a teen and as an adult she is a truly awful person. She lied and manipulated everyone, she withheld vital evidence, and then blamed innocent people for all of her wrongdoings. The fact that nobody called her out on any of this just irritated the shit out of me.
2. You can’t just keep a kid you find in the bush. They’re not puppies. It doesn’t work like that. The venn diagram of this plot line and the plot holes is a circle. At some point that kid is going to a) need medical care, b) need ID and c) want to get a drivers license, and then what? Oops, sorry love, but you don’t technically exist.
3. A kid goes missing in Australia in 1998, that kids photo is everywhere. There is no way in hell the commune in Tasmania missed it. 98% of missing kids in Australia in 1997 were found within 30 days, so if a 4 yo girl of x description turned up with a couple of meth addicts while the whole country was looking for a kid matching that exact description, you would call the cops.
4. A couple of random meth addicts are not taking a 4 yo kid from Brisbane to Tasmania for shits and giggles. Also you need ID and the kid didn’t have any.
There are no secrets in small towns, especially secrets involving underage prostitutes having sex with cops and getting pregnant. Also, see point 2. About how you can’t just keep a kid you find, even if you find said kid in the arms of the underage girl you secretly impregnated.
5. Cops don’t dictate who gets to foster a child removed from its parent/Guardian and they definitely don’t pay teenagers to stalk people around the country.
6. These 2 sisters didn’t have to work for any of the information they found, it all just fell into their lap, and it all relies on a lot of people not saying anything about everything when a 4 yo is missing, but telling everything to 2 complete rando’s 24 years later. And the florist, my god.
I know I’m in the minority here because most people loved this book but there was just too much fanciful nonsense to get past and it ruined the story.
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes