How to Find a Missing Girl by Victoria Wlosok

3.64 AVERAGE

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midnightbookmusings's review

4.0
dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jasmine_newton's review against another edition

4.0
Really thrilling, and honestly shocked me how kinda dark it is under the sorta of girl detective surface. However, the reveal was a little unsatisfying and a little too separate from the characters/plot, but made sense. The bigger societal themes could’ve been better weaved into the main story especially with Iris’s own themes and journey which would’ve made the ending more satisfying.

jasminewton23's review against another edition

4.0
Really thrilling, and honestly shocked me how kinda dark it is under the sorta of girl detective surface. However, the reveal was a little unsatisfying and a little too separate from the characters/plot, but made sense. The bigger societal themes could’ve been better weaved into the main story especially with Iris’s own themes and journey which would’ve made the ending more satisfying.

kyegarcia137's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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simonizzy's review

3.5
dark emotional 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
I picked up this book because I love mysteries/thrillers and sapphic books, and this is both of those things. 

I thought the cast of characters were interesting and I found myself connecting to several of them. There were many characters with substantial development in this story, and I would say that is the aspect I enjoyed the most. I also loved the sapphic rep.

As for the plot, it did have me hooked however I have two major critiques. The first is that I personally believe there was too much going on at once for the reader to focus. Maybe this is just a skill issue and it’s convoluted on purpose, but I found myself getting lost in all the various plot points. The second is that it has several major similarities to AGGGTM. I love AGGGTM, it is what brought me into mysteries. So as much as I might have enjoyed seeing the mystery here unfold, I couldn’t help noticing the clear inspiration being taken. 

Overall  it was a quick, enjoyable read and I have hopes that the author will improve in later novels because she has definite potential.

synnean's review

3.5
mysterious 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
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renegade_anarchist's review

4.0
adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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smnrzk's review

2.0
I will say this was a fun time for the most part but the pop culture refrences honestly made me want to rip my hair out
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_kei47's review against another edition

5.0
haven't read something so thrilling since aggtm, would def recommend.

firefly_geek's review

4.5
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense
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