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A review by wintrovia
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
4.0
I admired the skill of the writing in this book more than I enjoyed reading it. The protagonist is an old lady with dementia and the author does an excellent job of writing about the world as she experiences it, confusing moments and all.
The timeline jumps between the present day, where she's preoccupied with finding her "lost" friend Elizabeth and flashbacks to her childhood when her sister went missing. The twists weren't all that surprising but the story was good though quite hard to enjoy given the subject. I think this was made harder by my Grandma's current poor health, and echoes of her situation coming through in the story.
The timeline jumps between the present day, where she's preoccupied with finding her "lost" friend Elizabeth and flashbacks to her childhood when her sister went missing. The twists weren't all that surprising but the story was good though quite hard to enjoy given the subject. I think this was made harder by my Grandma's current poor health, and echoes of her situation coming through in the story.