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A review by ambersmith1_2
She's Gone by David Bell
4.0
**Spoilers**
She's Gone was a well-written and fast paced story. You couldn't really tell when things were going to take a twist and turn. Some things were a bit predictable before they even mentioned it. The teacher was kind of an obvious one. He seemed creepy from the beginning. I get being close with your students but that was a bit much. As a 16-year-old in high school, even if I'm close with my teachers it's not to the point I call them their first names. The fact that he let Hunter call him by his first name more than once made it a bit predictable that he had something to do with it. He blatantly lied to everyone about not knowing Danny AKA Daniel when he was helping him. If you're going to lie about not knowing a student that goes to the same school you teach at, please at least be believable or obviously you're going to get caught. I don't know why he thought he'd get away with what he did to Chloe in the first place. The motive behind Daniel's death actually made sense which is surprising for most YA novels. To shut him up before he spilled that Scott killed his own daughter. An accident but he still did it. And the way his wife protected him to the very end was another nice touch. She may have been grieving her daughter's death and not in the best mindset, but he was still her entire world.
She's Gone was a well-written and fast paced story. You couldn't really tell when things were going to take a twist and turn. Some things were a bit predictable before they even mentioned it. The teacher was kind of an obvious one. He seemed creepy from the beginning. I get being close with your students but that was a bit much. As a 16-year-old in high school, even if I'm close with my teachers it's not to the point I call them their first names. The fact that he let Hunter call him by his first name more than once made it a bit predictable that he had something to do with it. He blatantly lied to everyone about not knowing Danny AKA Daniel when he was helping him. If you're going to lie about not knowing a student that goes to the same school you teach at, please at least be believable or obviously you're going to get caught. I don't know why he thought he'd get away with what he did to Chloe in the first place. The motive behind Daniel's death actually made sense which is surprising for most YA novels. To shut him up before he spilled that Scott killed his own daughter. An accident but he still did it. And the way his wife protected him to the very end was another nice touch. She may have been grieving her daughter's death and not in the best mindset, but he was still her entire world.