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The Night She Went Missing by Kristen Bird
3.0
High school senior Emily comes from a renowned family in her Texas community. One night, she goes missing after watching a movie with friends.
Catherine, her mom, is very worried, which is understandable.. She believes that Emily may have been harmed by an acquaintance.. There are two other women in town who suspect as well.
Which of them is true?
Finding Emily at the beginning of the story causes the loss of suspense. Considering the tale, I debated whether that was the right choice. A story told from the perspective of multiple characters: Emily, reminiscing about what led her to the present, when she is rescued but lying comatose in the hospital. The other points of view are those of Catherine, Emily’s mother, and Leslie and Morgan, mothers of students Emily attends school with. As the story unfolds, the characters reveal secrets, lies, concealment, and denials.
The story starts well. It tells the story of a family that moved from Oregon to Galveston after a scandal. Emily is a senior in high school and attends a prestigious private school owned by her grandmother. + One night, she disappears at a party. At the halfway point in the book, she disappears, and things go south.
There is strange behavior that people do, as if straight out of a terrible movie. It makes little sense why these things are done. In retrospect, it seems even more outrageous. I kept reading to find out how things ended.
Overall, I wouldn’t recommend this one.
Catherine, her mom, is very worried, which is understandable.. She believes that Emily may have been harmed by an acquaintance.. There are two other women in town who suspect as well.
Which of them is true?
Finding Emily at the beginning of the story causes the loss of suspense. Considering the tale, I debated whether that was the right choice. A story told from the perspective of multiple characters: Emily, reminiscing about what led her to the present, when she is rescued but lying comatose in the hospital. The other points of view are those of Catherine, Emily’s mother, and Leslie and Morgan, mothers of students Emily attends school with. As the story unfolds, the characters reveal secrets, lies, concealment, and denials.
The story starts well. It tells the story of a family that moved from Oregon to Galveston after a scandal. Emily is a senior in high school and attends a prestigious private school owned by her grandmother. + One night, she disappears at a party. At the halfway point in the book, she disappears, and things go south.
There is strange behavior that people do, as if straight out of a terrible movie. It makes little sense why these things are done. In retrospect, it seems even more outrageous. I kept reading to find out how things ended.
Overall, I wouldn’t recommend this one.