A review by jackolidus
Chloe Cates Is Missing by Mandy McHugh

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

The characters, especially the tween girl, are not believable. I occasionally found it hard to follow whose perspective we were following because most of them were written in the exact same voice. Except for the girl, she was busy talking about jeggings and calling her mom a momster. The slang was just a bit dated :/ 

The twists had so much buildup and when they were finally revealed I was disappointed.

I feel like the motive for the murder at the end was not developed enough. Sure, she killed the girl, but why? Because they had one argument? I also didn’t think the motive for Jen’s murder had enough context. Like sure she got bullied twice on screen but I was bullied in high school and I was also homeschooled and I never came anywhere close to murder. 

Every character was lying the entire time, which was an interesting move. It took the unreliable narrator thing to a new level. Not only was everyone lying, but it seemed like they didn’t even know what the truth was themselves. 

The story sucked me in though!