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gracefullypunk's review
5.0
This isn't so much a review as it is me wanting to say I'm so glad Lisa decided to introduce Flora in this book -- a true kick-ass heroine and a terrific foil for D.D.
jnostar2's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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
4.5
litwithleigh's review
4.0
Writing: 4/5 | Plot: 4/5 (suspension of disbelief required) | Ending: 3/5 tbh
THE PLOT
Flora Dane went through hell for 472 days, and five years later, after burning a man to death, she's snatched again. Is it connected to the Stacey Summers missing persons case? If Flora a victim or a vigilante?
MY OPINION
First things first, YOU NEED TO SUSPEND YOUR DISBELIEF FOR THIS TO WORK. What are the chances of being kidnapped and tortured twice? Unless your Liam Neeson's family in the Taken trilogy, pretty fking low. Usually I struggle to do this but I'm a sicko for a story with the POV of a trapped victim, so I let it rock. And after reading [b:Never Tell|40494791|Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)|Lisa Gardner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1549652147l/40494791._SY75_.jpg|62092170] (yes I jump around in a series, and what about it? *Ariana Grande voice*) I had to get Flora's full story. Boy was it JUIIICYYYY!!
Gardner can write, that's for certain. I love her fragmented prose. Flora's flashbacks were everything and more. Gardner perfectly portrayed what a mindfuck Stockholm Syndrome is and why victims don't escape when given the opportunity. The scene where Flora is staring at the cop while locked up in Jacob's rig is chilling... so close, yet so far. Having read Never Tell, I found Flora to be much softer in this book. In Never Tell she is full-on, unemotional, and stoic. I appreciated seeing a more emotionally vulnerable side of her.
My only gripe, other than the ending, is DD seemed MAD insensitive about Flora's background. Ok and one more gripe—unnecessary fat shaming. If you only mention a character's weight when they're fat, and usually in negative context, that's lazy to me. I really don't care if the baddie looked like the fking Michelin man, there's 1391049 other reasons why this person is POS.
SPOILERS ALERT SO SCROLL IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT
Now, why 3/5 for the ending? Well, I found that the law enforcement officers went full dumbass. You had postcards being sent from major interstates across the Southern US but you never thought trucker?? You went with survivalist?? What kind of survivalist is hiking it up and down from Georgia to Florida multiple times with a kidnapped girl? Me thinks tf not.
And then when they finally narrow it down to their suspect being from Florida, a bartender says hey actually one of the girls you think was kidnapped and described Devon (fried off face guy) as her "play thing" is from Florida, DD and Keyes are like... ok cool but we're really set on the manager being the baddie so stfu? Like broheims, how much more obvious could it be???
All in all, a juicy tale that will scratch your sickest itches. A Criminal Minds episode but on bath salts and I loved it. I will def be picking up more in this series.
PROS AND CONS
Pros: well-written, unique fragmented prose, juicy j story, Flora's character well-developed, you can tell the author did her research on police procedures and Stockholm Syndrome
Cons: unnecessary fat shaming comments, detectives went full dumbass at the end just to create suspense, DD was very insensitive at times
THE PLOT
Flora Dane went through hell for 472 days, and five years later, after burning a man to death, she's snatched again. Is it connected to the Stacey Summers missing persons case? If Flora a victim or a vigilante?
MY OPINION
First things first, YOU NEED TO SUSPEND YOUR DISBELIEF FOR THIS TO WORK. What are the chances of being kidnapped and tortured twice? Unless your Liam Neeson's family in the Taken trilogy, pretty fking low. Usually I struggle to do this but I'm a sicko for a story with the POV of a trapped victim, so I let it rock. And after reading [b:Never Tell|40494791|Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)|Lisa Gardner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1549652147l/40494791._SY75_.jpg|62092170] (yes I jump around in a series, and what about it? *Ariana Grande voice*) I had to get Flora's full story. Boy was it JUIIICYYYY!!
Gardner can write, that's for certain. I love her fragmented prose. Flora's flashbacks were everything and more. Gardner perfectly portrayed what a mindfuck Stockholm Syndrome is and why victims don't escape when given the opportunity. The scene where Flora is staring at the cop while locked up in Jacob's rig is chilling... so close, yet so far. Having read Never Tell, I found Flora to be much softer in this book. In Never Tell she is full-on, unemotional, and stoic. I appreciated seeing a more emotionally vulnerable side of her.
My only gripe, other than the ending, is DD seemed MAD insensitive about Flora's background. Ok and one more gripe—unnecessary fat shaming. If you only mention a character's weight when they're fat, and usually in negative context, that's lazy to me. I really don't care if the baddie looked like the fking Michelin man, there's 1391049 other reasons why this person is POS.
SPOILERS ALERT SO SCROLL IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT
Now, why 3/5 for the ending? Well, I found that the law enforcement officers went full dumbass. You had postcards being sent from major interstates across the Southern US but you never thought trucker?? You went with survivalist?? What kind of survivalist is hiking it up and down from Georgia to Florida multiple times with a kidnapped girl? Me thinks tf not.
And then when they finally narrow it down to their suspect being from Florida, a bartender says hey actually one of the girls you think was kidnapped and described Devon (fried off face guy) as her "play thing" is from Florida, DD and Keyes are like... ok cool but we're really set on the manager being the baddie so stfu? Like broheims, how much more obvious could it be???
All in all, a juicy tale that will scratch your sickest itches. A Criminal Minds episode but on bath salts and I loved it. I will def be picking up more in this series.
PROS AND CONS
Pros: well-written, unique fragmented prose, juicy j story, Flora's character well-developed, you can tell the author did her research on police procedures and Stockholm Syndrome
Cons: unnecessary fat shaming comments, detectives went full dumbass at the end just to create suspense, DD was very insensitive at times
karlyo83's review
4.0
My Rating System: 4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ticked most of the boxes ALMOST LOVED IT!!!
Flora Dane, a young woman residing in Boston, a young women who has a unique hobby, a young woman who was kidnapped 7 years ago and kept in a coffin shaped box for 472 days. Flora survived her traumatising, horrific ordeal but not all of Flora came back the day she was rescued - there are things Flora has been forced to do and memories she keeps that changed her forever.
Now, Flora spends her time combing the news for girls just like her who didn’t make it home… figuring out if there is anything she can do about it. That is until the day Flora is snatched up and goes missing again.
Detective D.D. Warren is on the case but can she, while on restricted duties, trust in her team and herself to bring Flora and the other missing girls home?
Fair warning, this is number 8 in the series - I was alerted to this story by GirlWithThePinkSkiMask because she knows me well enough to know how sick and twisted I am and that I needed this story in my life. She was absolutely right!!!
Flora Dane, a young woman residing in Boston, a young women who has a unique hobby, a young woman who was kidnapped 7 years ago and kept in a coffin shaped box for 472 days. Flora survived her traumatising, horrific ordeal but not all of Flora came back the day she was rescued - there are things Flora has been forced to do and memories she keeps that changed her forever.
Now, Flora spends her time combing the news for girls just like her who didn’t make it home… figuring out if there is anything she can do about it. That is until the day Flora is snatched up and goes missing again.
Detective D.D. Warren is on the case but can she, while on restricted duties, trust in her team and herself to bring Flora and the other missing girls home?
Fair warning, this is number 8 in the series - I was alerted to this story by GirlWithThePinkSkiMask because she knows me well enough to know how sick and twisted I am and that I needed this story in my life. She was absolutely right!!!
theavidreaderandbibliophile's review
3.0
Find Her is Lisa Gardner’s latest D.D. Warren book (the eighth book in series). Florence “Flora” Dane was kidnapped seven years previously and held captive for 472 days by Jacob Ness (what a horrible experience). Flora has never returned to the happy go lucky girl she was before the attack. Sergeant Detective D.D. Warren is called out to a scene and finds Flora Dane naked with zip ties on her wrists. A bartender “rescued” her at a bar and then kidnapped her. Flora used resources in the garage (where he put her) to attack him. The man is now dead (and a little crispy). Warren finds out that this is the fourth such incident that Flora has been involved in. Was Flora an innocent victim in these incidents or a vigilante?
Stacey Summers, a Boston College student, is missing. No one has been able to find her. Then Flora goes missing. Are the cases related? Was Flora kidnapped or is she trying to rescue Stacey on her own (playing vigilante again)? Follow D.D. Warren as she sets out to find both women.
Find Her is different from Lisa Gardner’s other books. The majority of the book is written from the victim’s point-of-view. How it feels to be kept in a small box by a kidnapper. It goes on for many, many pages. It was just not enjoyable or a good part of the book. I like the crime. Following the mystery to the end (this part of the book was good). These parts with the victim (what she was thinking, doing, what the attacked did to her) seemed to drag and were difficult to get through (I started skimming through them). I give Find Her 3.5 out of 5 stars. The novel is just not up to Lisa Gardner’s normal standards. This will not, though, stop me from reading her books in the future.
I received a complimentary copy of Find Her from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Check out The Avid Reader: http://bibliophileandavidreader.blogspot.com/2016/02/find-her.html
Stacey Summers, a Boston College student, is missing. No one has been able to find her. Then Flora goes missing. Are the cases related? Was Flora kidnapped or is she trying to rescue Stacey on her own (playing vigilante again)? Follow D.D. Warren as she sets out to find both women.
Find Her is different from Lisa Gardner’s other books. The majority of the book is written from the victim’s point-of-view. How it feels to be kept in a small box by a kidnapper. It goes on for many, many pages. It was just not enjoyable or a good part of the book. I like the crime. Following the mystery to the end (this part of the book was good). These parts with the victim (what she was thinking, doing, what the attacked did to her) seemed to drag and were difficult to get through (I started skimming through them). I give Find Her 3.5 out of 5 stars. The novel is just not up to Lisa Gardner’s normal standards. This will not, though, stop me from reading her books in the future.
I received a complimentary copy of Find Her from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Check out The Avid Reader: http://bibliophileandavidreader.blogspot.com/2016/02/find-her.html
peppervanpepper's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
electrafyd's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0