kayleigh5041 's review for:

Playdate by Alex Dahl

2.75

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

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This is another hard book to rate. I don’t tend to read books in this genre because I don’t enjoy the realism as much. The book covers various point of views; victims parent, a journalist, the kidnapper, the victim and one or two chapters on a prisoner who we don’t find out his involvement in the case till the end. I really ppreciate books that switch povs often however, the characters were a little 2D and typical so none really gave a lasting impression. The character Selma who was the journalist was a really strange one, the book eludes to her having psychic powers which I thought was quite silly and very confusing as this is a book based on realism. Elisa the parent of the victim I found quite annoying and completely ignorant, like if she was truthful in the first place about her past then her daughter could have been found a lot sooner! That really frustrated me! 

I thought the plot was okay but It was quite repetitive throughout. I also found the ending revealing Elisa’s secret not really that shocking to be honest. I did finish the book but I only stayed to see if Lucia made it home and why she was kidnapped in the first place. 

Overall, I didn’t hate this book, it may possibly be that I just don’t enjoy this type of genre as much. It was a fairly quick and easy read but I most likely won’t read it again.