A review by pallavi_sharma87
The Fall of Lisa Bellow by Susan Perabo

3.0

The whole thing about not knowing what happened and keep guessing is like living on the edge all the time. That is what I felt when I read “The Fall of Lisa Bellow”.
When Meredith finds herself as a sole witness for kidnapping of her class mate Lisa Bellow, she goes through an emotional trauma. Even though she hated Lisa, as she was so popular made fun of others (also Meredith) now and then, Meredith feels guilty of not able to saving her. There are different kind of emotions that Meredith feels due course of time like she feels that she was left out by the kidnapper because she was fat, sometimes she likes to be with Lisa’s snobby friends, sometimes she likes Lisa’s mother, it’s about whole range of emotions from Meredith that makes this book.
Also one more dominant protagonist is Meredith’s mother, Claire who is pictured as overreacted, almost all the time and freaking out about her kids protection. I just wanted to tell her “Calm down, please”.
Well, I think I have been reading this kind of books continuously where end is kind of abrupt and left hanging, like “In the Woods by Tana French” or “Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller” or “Idaho by Emily Ruskovich”. Overall, definitely Susan Perabo’s narration is too good. I liked the story but didn’t love it much, though I have read this with great expectation and it didn’t reach up to my mark of expectation.

ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review. Thanks for making this available!