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Have You Seen Her by Catherine McKenzie

4 reviews

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was fine, but for a gal who is trying to be sneaky, she is TERRIBLE at it. Like god dammit, girl. Watch ANY ACTION MOVIE. And I kind of didn't like anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

mtstjk's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Infidelity

Minor: Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Abandonment

princessrory's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Blood, Violence, Sexism, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Excrement

Minor: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Alcohol, Homophobia, Drug use, Grief, Child abuse, Excrement, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

jillwedemeier's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Have You Seen Her is an exciting, adventurous page-turner set in the picturesque and perilous Yosemite National Park.  This was such a thrilling and twisty novel, and I could not put it down.

Cassie has left her life—and her husband—in New York City to return to her hometown of Mammoth Lake, California.  After ten years, she is rejoining the Search and Rescue team at Yosemite.  Cassie becomes friendly with her fellow SAR workers and some of the young adventurers who have made Yosemite their home for the summer.  At Yosemite, Cassie meets Petal, a young woman who recently moved to the area with her much older girlfriend, and Jada, who is on a cross-country road trip with her boyfriend.  As the three women cross paths, dark secrets are revealed and their pasts catch up with them.

From the very first page, I was completely hooked.  This book was packed full of secrets and surprises I never saw coming.  Having previously climbed a couple of Colorado 14-ers, I was obsessed with the setting at Yosemite and McKenzie's descriptions of the park.  This story is told from two different timelines from Cassie's point of view: then, when she first arrives in Yosemite in May, and now.  It also includes Petal's diary entries, Jada's Instagram posts, news articles, and YouTube transcripts.  I loved this format and thought it was a unique way to really get into the heads of each of the three women.  This was a slow burn until the end, when things really heated up and became fast-paced.  The twist at the end was completely unexpected.  I highly recommend this book!

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail