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Where the Truth Lies
by Anna Bailey
A remote town in the middle of the mountains of Colorado takes centerstage in Where The Truth Lies, unfurling the secrets of townspeople after a teenage girl (Abi) goes missing. Abi’s best friend Emma doesn’t believe that Abi would just run away without her and sets out to figure out what really happened.
From the friendships to the toxic town’s prejudices to the small town setting, I didn’t feel like I personally related to the story very much. While the story itself was interesting, it was a slower read for me since I was a bit disconnected from the narrative. The plot centered around Abi and her disappearance, but we never really got to know her that well to understand her various connections and relationships. I would’ve liked to understand her better. Although the final discovery went a long way in explaining some of her motives and actions, I was left with a lot more questions about how much her brother Noah may have known and the extent of Abi’s relationship with Hunter.
Noah and Rat were the characters that most intrigued me – especially Rat. We don’t know much about him or how he came to be in this random town in the middle of nowhere, a long way away from Romania. I would definitely be interested in his story – what happened to his family and how he ended up in a Colorado trailer park.
The small-town mountainside made for an interesting setting, but it was also really kind of creepy. After reading about the author’s real-life experience living near the book’s setting, it really made me wonder about how much of this was fiction and how much was really inspired by Anna Bailey’s time in Colorado. That connection between the author and the story was the most stimulating and thought-provoking aspect of this book!
From the friendships to the toxic town’s prejudices to the small town setting, I didn’t feel like I personally related to the story very much. While the story itself was interesting, it was a slower read for me since I was a bit disconnected from the narrative. The plot centered around Abi and her disappearance, but we never really got to know her that well to understand her various connections and relationships. I would’ve liked to understand her better. Although the final discovery went a long way in explaining some of her motives and actions, I was left with a lot more questions about how much her brother Noah may have known and the extent of Abi’s relationship with Hunter.
Noah and Rat were the characters that most intrigued me – especially Rat. We don’t know much about him or how he came to be in this random town in the middle of nowhere, a long way away from Romania. I would definitely be interested in his story – what happened to his family and how he ended up in a Colorado trailer park.
The small-town mountainside made for an interesting setting, but it was also really kind of creepy. After reading about the author’s real-life experience living near the book’s setting, it really made me wonder about how much of this was fiction and how much was really inspired by Anna Bailey’s time in Colorado. That connection between the author and the story was the most stimulating and thought-provoking aspect of this book!