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Missing Molly by Natalie Barelli

rachelellyn's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 Stars - I was buying the story, next I wasn't, then kind of...

senaly's review against another edition

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4.0

Gripping narrative with an interesting premise and context

katrenia's review against another edition

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4.0

A quick suspenseful tale. Not too twisted. Somewhat predictable ending. I liked knowing the truth throughout the story and unraveling how the info becomes public. I listened to the Audible version, and the narrator is pretty good.

jojo_27's review against another edition

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3.0

This book was pretty good. The premise pulled me in right away, and the author does a good job at rolling out new information. The protagonist's actions make sense, but sometimes she does too good a job and ends up hurting her case, and there were times that the sexism made me want to scream (in the story, not in the author). Overall I would say an interesting plot and pretty well-executed.

healhopelove's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

4.0

luegi's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

habermask's review against another edition

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

4.5

captwinghead's review against another edition

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2.0

This had a great start with the concept of a missing person finding out their workplace is starting a podcast to find them. However, the execution of this story left a lot to be desired.

I assume some of Rachel’s erratic behavior was meant to be chalked up to prior trauma. However, I found myself frustrated along with Vivian, Matt, and Chris because Rachel flip flopped a lot and just expected others to go along with it. I thought maybe part of that was meant to establish instability so the reader would suspect that she might’ve been delusional. Instead, it just felt like jerky writing.

The conclusions of some of Barelli’s books are very rushed and this one was no exception. The interesting reveal is glossed over in 2 pages max and I wished we got to see more of that.

The concept of this was interesting, but I wished the execution had involved a bit more care.

arlene_reads_again's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

Wow

jlbartley's review against another edition

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fast-paced

5.0