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A review by loch_nesa
The Lost Victim by Jennifer Hunter
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
I really like that the book was written through the lense of a psychologist. I though the story was really interesting and portions really seemed like a true crime documentary. I enjoyed the first portion the most, about the body language and interpretation of reactions.
I thought it was a compelling story but felt a little disjointed in parts and the writing had a lot of quirks that detracted from my reading experience.
Why I only gave 4 stars is below, if you are not a nit-picky reader no need to continue review, it is a good story, you should read it.
It seemed like the author was trying to say "how do I want to say ----- was suffering?"
And then listed 5 ideas; Instead of editing she decided to put all of them in a book, I get it Dan Hardy was a bad person and Olivia was suffering. A lot of repetition of ideas. Very redundent, just using way too many words. (End of sarcastic point.)
There were so many cliff hanging sentences, every chapter ended in something along the lines if "And hopefully find more survivors", "Was she afraid? Or was she hiding something?" At first it helped move the story along but at the midpoint I was just annoyed.
I also felt that extra parts were added to the story that took away from the raw emotion of it all
*******slightly vague SPOILERS**********
- Officer Ripley- way too over the top and unnecessary
- Description of "the sun glinted off her blonde hair as her sea green eyes squinted" or something. Just really random specific descriptions, good in some places others it just felt like I was brake checked from the plot
- babies and the... means of... unaliving
**** VERY SPOILER*****
the last victim missing seemed so rushed and put in. It seemed the author wanted to finished the story and say "seee its not all bad"
I thought it was a compelling story but felt a little disjointed in parts and the writing had a lot of quirks that detracted from my reading experience.
Why I only gave 4 stars is below, if you are not a nit-picky reader no need to continue review, it is a good story, you should read it.
It seemed like the author was trying to say "how do I want to say ----- was suffering?"
And then listed 5 ideas; Instead of editing she decided to put all of them in a book, I get it Dan Hardy was a bad person and Olivia was suffering. A lot of repetition of ideas. Very redundent, just using way too many words. (End of sarcastic point.)
There were so many cliff hanging sentences, every chapter ended in something along the lines if "And hopefully find more survivors", "Was she afraid? Or was she hiding something?" At first it helped move the story along but at the midpoint I was just annoyed.
I also felt that extra parts were added to the story that took away from the raw emotion of it all
*******slightly vague SPOILERS**********
- Officer Ripley- way too over the top and unnecessary
- Description of "the sun glinted off her blonde hair as her sea green eyes squinted" or something. Just really random specific descriptions, good in some places others it just felt like I was brake checked from the plot
- babies and the... means of... unaliving
**** VERY SPOILER*****
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Blood, Animal death, Death, Body horror, Murder, Suicide, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Physical abuse, Child death, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Rape
Minor: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, and Gaslighting