A review by beastreader
(Don't You) Forget About Me by Kate Karyus Quinn

2.0

This is the second book I have read by this author. I am seeing a pattern in these books. The author likes to draw out little bits and pieces of the character and story she is telling and have the reader follow her on a journey as she slowly reveals the final product of the puzzle. Only this book had me on the fence about it. On the one hand I liked the uniqueness of Gardnerville and was intrigued by all of the secrets it held. Like the fact that every four years people go missing. Thus the town has lost it's fun appeal. It no longer holds its annual parade as there is nothing to celebrate. Skylar's older sister, Piper is one of those people who went missing. Skylar can not stop thinking about Piper and where she might have disappeared to. She is on a mission to find her. This is where things should have gotten interesting and the story should have picked up some. It did not really pick up or maybe it was just me and I did not get it. The uniqueness wore off on me. I would be reading and go "ok that was alright" or " yeah that was fine" but nothing like "Yes, I really liked that" or "Did I just read that". Again because I thought it was just me. I had walked away from the book for a while and came back and randomly flashed forward and read for a bit and then skipped forward again to the ending and was like nope it was not me. I just did not like this book.