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Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
2.0
Usually a plot twisted ending would make my mind go back and reinterpret what had occurred, causing an “a-ha!” moment, which I love.
This book gave me the opposite. While I appreciate the twist, I feel it was an overshot, so much so that other scenes in the book would require way too much overthinking and explanation as to why they happened a certain way.
I feel like the Nick/Parker/Dara love triangle type relationship was not only a bit annoying, but also did not play out right.
It also took me a while to want to continue reading the book when I first started it, not quite peaking my interest enough at the beginning. I find that this also happened to me with Before I Fall, which I still have yet to continue reading past the 2nd chapter.
This book gave me the opposite. While I appreciate the twist, I feel it was an overshot, so much so that other scenes in the book would require way too much overthinking and explanation as to why they happened a certain way.
I feel like the Nick/Parker/Dara love triangle type relationship was not only a bit annoying, but also did not play out right.
It also took me a while to want to continue reading the book when I first started it, not quite peaking my interest enough at the beginning. I find that this also happened to me with Before I Fall, which I still have yet to continue reading past the 2nd chapter.
What You Did by Claire McGowan
3.0
The protagonist was very unlikeable to me, from the beginning. As a mom and wife, I understand being anxious about how your home looks, how your children behave and interact with you, and even how you are perceived by others. I even understand internally comparing yourself to others in a similar position as you, since that is how we as a society have been programmed. But her naturally condescending and judgmental thinking, which she does her best not to vocalize until further in the story, really rubs me the wrong way.
The saving grace for me was the author’s ability to add new clues every few chapters that made you question different characters for different reasons, inevitably clouding the truth until you read it.
The saving grace for me was the author’s ability to add new clues every few chapters that made you question different characters for different reasons, inevitably clouding the truth until you read it.