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Local Girl Missing
by J.A. Baker
4.25⭐
Featuring ~ multiple 1st person POV, dual timeline with "many years earlier" in the 3rd person, co-workers, office environment, abduction, survival, some violence
Our narrators are co-workers Deborah, Adrian, Yvonne and Merriel.
Chapter 1 gets to the nitty gritty as we read about Deborah being held captive. And let me just tell you she's a smart captive and seems to have her head on straight even though she's losing tremendously. Except...
The multiple narrators really worked well for this as it kept up, not only the suspense of who the abductor is, but the intensity of Deborah and Izzy trying their best to escape. And we had the added chapters with the twins that kept us guessing how they would weave into the story. I did go back and forth with my thoughts of who it could be and I did figure it out, but I was pleased with how it all played out.
I do have to say there were some long paragraphs with lots of monologue and little dialogue, which made for some slowness. Also, there wasn't any police work ~ I guess since she's been missing for a few weeks they're not still trying to find her? I'd like my disappearance to be investigated until my bones are recovered please.
Can someone please tell me what the point of
Side note ~ why is the title Local Girl Missing and not Local Woman Missing?
Overall, a great psychological thriller that makes me hope I'd be as fierce as Deborah if I was ever held captive. I'd for sure read this authors work again..
*Thanks to [a:J.A. Baker|16635596|J.A. Baker|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1570360048p2/16635596.jpg], Rachel's Random Resources, Boldwood Books and NetGalley for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
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Featuring ~ multiple 1st person POV, dual timeline with "many years earlier" in the 3rd person, co-workers, office environment, abduction, survival, some violence
Our narrators are co-workers Deborah, Adrian, Yvonne and Merriel.
Chapter 1 gets to the nitty gritty as we read about Deborah being held captive. And let me just tell you she's a smart captive and seems to have her head on straight even though she's losing tremendously. Except...
Spoiler
I really wish she peed after she got her wrists and ankles untied instead of going right for the doorThe multiple narrators really worked well for this as it kept up, not only the suspense of who the abductor is, but the intensity of Deborah and Izzy trying their best to escape. And we had the added chapters with the twins that kept us guessing how they would weave into the story. I did go back and forth with my thoughts of who it could be and I did figure it out, but I was pleased with how it all played out.
I do have to say there were some long paragraphs with lots of monologue and little dialogue, which made for some slowness. Also, there wasn't any police work ~ I guess since she's been missing for a few weeks they're not still trying to find her? I'd like my disappearance to be investigated until my bones are recovered please.
Can someone please tell me what the point of
Spoiler
Beth was? Did I miss something or was her story unfinished? And Adrian really ~ was he just there to throw a man in the mix?Side note ~ why is the title Local Girl Missing and not Local Woman Missing?
Overall, a great psychological thriller that makes me hope I'd be as fierce as Deborah if I was ever held captive. I'd for sure read this authors work again..
*Thanks to [a:J.A. Baker|16635596|J.A. Baker|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1570360048p2/16635596.jpg], Rachel's Random Resources, Boldwood Books and NetGalley for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
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