vbarrett17 's review for:

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

2.75

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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2.75 STARS

“Local Woman Missing” is not a bad book, but the execution was not great either…

For over half of the book, I was sitting at 2.5 stars because I did not like the writing style. It is written more tell than show. The sentences are very simple which made it very boring and lack depth. I could not connect with any of the characters, and the plot was relatively slow till the last 50+ pages. 

The only reason I raised it to 2.75 stars is because of the reveals and twists at the end made it more exciting. However, I can’t let plot twists cover all the plot holes…

To be honest, most of the crimes committed resulted in poor choices by the victims:
🚨 Bad marriages with terrible communication 
🚨 Not reading into the signs of bad friends
🚨 Lack of awareness in a survival situation 
🚨 People not knowing how to do their jobs and blind trust in authority 

The only true victims I genuinely felt bad for was

Carly Byrd

, Delilah, and Josh 🫣

All in all, it wasn’t a bad story, and the ending made it more worth it, but it could have been better.