Review by thissagreads - How to Find a Missing Girl

thissagreads 's review for:

How to Find a Missing Girl by Victoria Wlosok

1.25

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Miiiiddddddddd! This book could’ve been SO GOOD!!! But it fell flat, and didn’t need to be as long as it was.

My biggest complaint is that Iris was CONSTANTLY keeping things to herself, and pitying herself. Also! The amount of trauma that she experienced, investigating her sister’s disappearance and then her ex-girlfriend started to become increasingly unrealistic. And the guilty party was so ridiculous!

The teacher is the half brother of one of the students Nathan. He dated Iris’s sister then killed her by pushing her over the banister, just because she wanted to skip town and breakup. HE WAS DATING MINORS and thought he was a heir to Nathan’s wealthy family, and then when Iris’s ex found out that he was dating ANOTHER student, he killed her, and blackmailed a teacher to get rid of the body. It was all so ridiculous, and didn’t seem like enough of a real motive to murder.

I was disappointed at how slow the book moved, and the twists and turns weren’t compelling enough. The most enjoyable part of reading this book, was that there was a variety of characters, LGBTQIA representation, and the audio book leaned into the podcasts that Iris’s ex was creating. But, in terms of I recommending this book? I wouldn’t.

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