believeinappletater 's review for:

The Lost Girl by Sangu Mandanna

4.5

emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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A YA story about loss, grief and self determination. Each character was  convincingly unique and human in their actions and words, something I think the author does well.  The character of  Mathew I ended up liking which was surprising to me. The author made the villain seem a tiny bit human. Sometimes, I think we will often forget that antagonists and villains are fellow humans as well. I would have liked the author to focus more deeply on loss and grief and examine each character's relationship to it at length. Given it is a YA novel I think they  did a great job with it on a level equal to their desired audience.