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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
WOW!!! This book right here!!!
I wish I didn't have responsibilities, because I would have been able to finish this one in one sitting! In the rural mountain town of Whistling Ridge is the setting for a 17 year old girl disappearing. You're taken into the lives of her family and the people that knew her. You'll be swept away trying to piece together the puzzle of what happened to Abigail. and learn about everyone's secrets.
Anna Bailey, please release another book! I'm having withdrawals already!
A special thank you to NetGalley, Atria Books, and Anna Bailey for providing me with an ARC.
I wish I didn't have responsibilities, because I would have been able to finish this one in one sitting! In the rural mountain town of Whistling Ridge is the setting for a 17 year old girl disappearing. You're taken into the lives of her family and the people that knew her. You'll be swept away trying to piece together the puzzle of what happened to Abigail. and learn about everyone's secrets.
Anna Bailey, please release another book! I'm having withdrawals already!
A special thank you to NetGalley, Atria Books, and Anna Bailey for providing me with an ARC.
challenging
dark
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:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
dark
mysterious
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-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:
Yes
When Abigail goes missing from the small town of Whispering Ridge, all types of dark secrets are revealed. Not only are Abigail’s family’s secrets exploited but so are all the secrets this town has covered up for years.
Emma is Abigail’s best friend and she doesn’t believe that she would just run away, and is willing to do what she can to get the truth. She discovers that maybe she didn’t know her best friend as well as she had thought.
Noah and Jude don’t know what happened to their sister, but they hope that she just escaped their father’s violent wrath.
Dolly, Abigail’s mother is somehow getting by but has always allowed Samuel to use God, and violence against her and their children.
Hunter believes he saw something that could implicate his family the night of Abigail’s disappearance… but is he just projecting what he saw because he wants to punish his father?
Emma and Hunter end up pairing up and sharing information into their own investigation because they’ve learned they cannot trust anyone… is it possible two kids will determine the truth?
Past and present timelines, with multiple suspects will keep you guessing, although the truth may not entirely shock you. Fast paced with lots information to give you a full picture of the atmosphere and each character.
**check trigger warnings before reading this one****
Emma is Abigail’s best friend and she doesn’t believe that she would just run away, and is willing to do what she can to get the truth. She discovers that maybe she didn’t know her best friend as well as she had thought.
Noah and Jude don’t know what happened to their sister, but they hope that she just escaped their father’s violent wrath.
Dolly, Abigail’s mother is somehow getting by but has always allowed Samuel to use God, and violence against her and their children.
Hunter believes he saw something that could implicate his family the night of Abigail’s disappearance… but is he just projecting what he saw because he wants to punish his father?
Emma and Hunter end up pairing up and sharing information into their own investigation because they’ve learned they cannot trust anyone… is it possible two kids will determine the truth?
Past and present timelines, with multiple suspects will keep you guessing, although the truth may not entirely shock you. Fast paced with lots information to give you a full picture of the atmosphere and each character.
**check trigger warnings before reading this one****
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
2.75/5
Abigail goes missing.. Where is she?
This book was so hard to read for two reasons. One, almost all the characters in this book are all just so evil and gross. (Major trigger warnings all throughout the book) Two, There was so much going on and yet nothing at all. I love cliffhangers and they usually keep me wanting to read more but there was so many that I was getting bored and needing something to keep me reading.. like anything to keep me reading.
I will say that the character development in this book was amazing! Also, the ending was everything I needed from this book.
I have a hard time reading books that have a plethora of characters because it starts to get confusing and then adding plot lines to all of those characters makes it even more confusing.
Abigail goes missing.. Where is she?
This book was so hard to read for two reasons. One, almost all the characters in this book are all just so evil and gross. (Major trigger warnings all throughout the book) Two, There was so much going on and yet nothing at all. I love cliffhangers and they usually keep me wanting to read more but there was so many that I was getting bored and needing something to keep me reading.. like anything to keep me reading.
I will say that the character development in this book was amazing! Also, the ending was everything I needed from this book.
I have a hard time reading books that have a plethora of characters because it starts to get confusing and then adding plot lines to all of those characters makes it even more confusing.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book absolutely wrung me out. I am exhausted from all the worry and tension and anger I felt while reading it. But it was good pain! So powerful.
Emma and Abigail live in a toxic small town where everyone has secrets and no one is safe. I loved the depth of both of these characters, but honestly every character was so complex! Each person in the story is messy and complicated and awful and redeemable. (Well, most are redeemable…)
There were a few plot points that seemed just a hair past believability, but I’m not doubting that there are surely shitty people out there who might act in these ways. In fact, nothing happens that doesn’t have historical precedent, it just seems like a lot in one small place.
Do not read this if you struggle with stories of sexual assault. It’s only hinted at, but still so raw.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my free copy. These opinions are my own.
Emma and Abigail live in a toxic small town where everyone has secrets and no one is safe. I loved the depth of both of these characters, but honestly every character was so complex! Each person in the story is messy and complicated and awful and redeemable. (Well, most are redeemable…)
There were a few plot points that seemed just a hair past believability, but I’m not doubting that there are surely shitty people out there who might act in these ways. In fact, nothing happens that doesn’t have historical precedent, it just seems like a lot in one small place.
Do not read this if you struggle with stories of sexual assault. It’s only hinted at, but still so raw.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my free copy. These opinions are my own.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
I definitely went into this book kind of blind. I thought it was a thriller about a missing girl but it was more of a story about a highly dysfunctional religious rural town. A lot of bad things happen and pretty depressing which is not my usual go to. A little slow, but overall enjoyable.