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readhikerepeat 's review for:
Missing Pieces
by Heather Gudenkauf
Before picking up Missing Pieces by Heather Gudenkauf (a #30Authors contributor), I was having a tough time finding a book I could get into. I wouldn’t call it a reading slump but I was definitely in a book-picking slump, so as a long-time Gudenkauf fan I was almost afraid to pick it up due to my state of mind. That fear was misplaced, however, because once again Gudenkauf has delivered a fantastic story that had me reading until the wee hours of the morning.
Missing Pieces is the story of Sarah and Jack Quinlan who return to Jack’s hometown after his aunt suffers a serious fall. This is no small feat, for Jack hadn’t been home in decades due to the trauma of losing his mother as a teenager. But, his aunt raised him, so he found it within himself to face his past and readjust to life with his family. Unfortunately, the details of his aunt’s accident are murky and become more ominous as time goes on. To make matters worse, Sarah’s interactions with the Quinlans and the townspeople leave her questioning everything she thought she knew about her life and her husband, setting her on a dangerous path to find the truth.
I liked Missing Pieces for three reasons. First, it’s a character-driven novel, so while there is action and twists and turns, it’s predominantly about the people. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has read Gudenkauf before because her books always feature richly developed, if flawed, characters. The complex relationships between Jack and his family and, ultimately, between Sarah and Jack, unfolded so naturally that new details seemed like old news. This isn’t to say that I expected them or that they were irrelevant, but that they fit so perfectly into the overall story that I didn’t question any of it.
For the full review, visit The Book Wheel.
Missing Pieces is the story of Sarah and Jack Quinlan who return to Jack’s hometown after his aunt suffers a serious fall. This is no small feat, for Jack hadn’t been home in decades due to the trauma of losing his mother as a teenager. But, his aunt raised him, so he found it within himself to face his past and readjust to life with his family. Unfortunately, the details of his aunt’s accident are murky and become more ominous as time goes on. To make matters worse, Sarah’s interactions with the Quinlans and the townspeople leave her questioning everything she thought she knew about her life and her husband, setting her on a dangerous path to find the truth.
I liked Missing Pieces for three reasons. First, it’s a character-driven novel, so while there is action and twists and turns, it’s predominantly about the people. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has read Gudenkauf before because her books always feature richly developed, if flawed, characters. The complex relationships between Jack and his family and, ultimately, between Sarah and Jack, unfolded so naturally that new details seemed like old news. This isn’t to say that I expected them or that they were irrelevant, but that they fit so perfectly into the overall story that I didn’t question any of it.
For the full review, visit The Book Wheel.