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brittanylikesbookies 's review for:
Missing Clarissa
by Ripley Jones
Thank you to Wednesday Books and Netgalley for the ARC of this book. All opinions are my own.
Actual rating: 3.5/5 stars.
Missing Clarissa is a very broad idea about how true crime can sometimes be viewed by the general population and how it can go wrong very quickly. Blair and Cameron find this out the hard way. I think this was a decent thriller, but I think that it took a bit to really get into the thick of it. While I enjoyed it and it was a satisfying ending, I think the build up was a bit too slow for me. I liked that real actions had real consequences. I loved the lessons that were taught to mainly Cameron, but Blair as well. I did think that the twist at the end was well done and I liked the little clues sprinkled throughout.
I think the way that so much about how they're going about the podcast, them realizing that this was a real person, who's disappearance affected so many people was a great theme that I think we (as true crime consumers) should take a note from. We often forget that these are real people and real crimes that affected so many. I also loved how Sophie was so realistic about how true crime views things through a white lens and that statistics about POC/Indigenous murders were included. While the voice was confusing at times, I did enjoy the writing style and after the initial slowness, it was pretty fast paced. Overall, a nice read.
Actual rating: 3.5/5 stars.
Missing Clarissa is a very broad idea about how true crime can sometimes be viewed by the general population and how it can go wrong very quickly. Blair and Cameron find this out the hard way. I think this was a decent thriller, but I think that it took a bit to really get into the thick of it. While I enjoyed it and it was a satisfying ending, I think the build up was a bit too slow for me. I liked that real actions had real consequences. I loved the lessons that were taught to mainly Cameron, but Blair as well. I did think that the twist at the end was well done and I liked the little clues sprinkled throughout.
I think the way that so much about how they're going about the podcast, them realizing that this was a real person, who's disappearance affected so many people was a great theme that I think we (as true crime consumers) should take a note from. We often forget that these are real people and real crimes that affected so many. I also loved how Sophie was so realistic about how true crime views things through a white lens and that statistics about POC/Indigenous murders were included. While the voice was confusing at times, I did enjoy the writing style and after the initial slowness, it was pretty fast paced. Overall, a nice read.