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A review by nightc0urt
Missing Clarissa by Ripley Jones
3.0
The idea of Missing Clarissa had me from the start! There’s nothing like a good murder mystery that involve podcast and being advertised for fans of Karen McManus, Holly Jackson and the podcast My Favorite Murder. Truly all of my favorite things. But the execution? It just wasn’t it for me unfortunately.
The writing style was very much all of the place, there was no clear indication of which of the two POV’s were talking ( as in a chapter heading or something along those lines), so at times, it was hard to keep up with. While we’re talking about chapters, this book had the LONGEST chapters I’ve ever read in my life. There essentially weren’t chapters, just 7-8 sections in a book that’s about 250 pages. That definitely through me off. The writing style felt very choppy at times as well so I had a hard time getting into the story.
As for the story itself, the characters truly felt like teenaged sleuths. They weren’t spectacular or extremely smart so it was actually believable tbh. I thought they were well written. However, the adults in the book? For some reason one girl calls her mother by her first name, and I don’t believe the author ever says why. I thought it was strange tbh lol. Also the fact the these adults have no problem spilling their life long secrets to two teenagers but not the police or anyone else?
Overall, didn’t love the writing style but I really didn’t know who did it until the end somehow so that’s a plus! There’s also LGBTQ rep and maybe some triggers!
The writing style was very much all of the place, there was no clear indication of which of the two POV’s were talking ( as in a chapter heading or something along those lines), so at times, it was hard to keep up with. While we’re talking about chapters, this book had the LONGEST chapters I’ve ever read in my life. There essentially weren’t chapters, just 7-8 sections in a book that’s about 250 pages. That definitely through me off. The writing style felt very choppy at times as well so I had a hard time getting into the story.
As for the story itself, the characters truly felt like teenaged sleuths. They weren’t spectacular or extremely smart so it was actually believable tbh. I thought they were well written. However, the adults in the book? For some reason one girl calls her mother by her first name, and I don’t believe the author ever says why. I thought it was strange tbh lol. Also the fact the these adults have no problem spilling their life long secrets to two teenagers but not the police or anyone else?
Overall, didn’t love the writing style but I really didn’t know who did it until the end somehow so that’s a plus! There’s also LGBTQ rep and maybe some triggers!