nbub123's review
2.0
I did not like the writing style of this book, it was a stream of consciousness of facts and the same reiterations of themes and what the author was trying to prove. I wish it was organized by missing person going more deeply into their lives rather just pure speculation of what happened to them over and over again.
britgirlreading's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Rape, War, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, and Drug use
agustinap's review
3.0
The Vanishing Triangle is unlike any of Claire McGowan's books. I have to admit that I have not travel to Ireland and knew very little about it; therefore, I was hooked from the Prologue on. McGowan presents us a dark Ireland full of unsolved crimes where the most likely killers is walking the streets, a country that allows religion and the IRA to have a say in who gets prosecuted and who gets a blind eye. Most importantly, it shows how a bias Ireland judges women based on external reason and determine their disappearance are justified.
The amount of research Claire McGowan has done for this book is impressive.
The amount of research Claire McGowan has done for this book is impressive.
kecb12's review against another edition
2.0
This is a book with a lot of potential, but one that ended up being a lot of lost opportunities. The topic is a popular one right now—true crime, specifically missing women. But the author didn’t seem to have a real focus or central thesis. It was like she wrote a book to share some things that happened in Ireland. There is a lot of assumptive language and so much repetition. She tried her best to give deeper meaning to the stories she was sharing, but that’s where the lost opportunities start. This book could have been such an interesting, insightful, and sharp commentary on Ireland and it’s sociological development, specifically its attitudes toward women. I think that’s what the author thinks she did. But it was mostly a lot of surface commentary and unsubstantiated assumptions. Perhaps most annoying was the number of times she said she didn’t remember these crimes that happened in the 90s (when she was a child), and that this was somehow her central evidence of Ireland’s great indifference toward the crimes she was researching. Just one example of how this was a book more about the author and her ideas and her assumptions and her perspectives than about the bigger topic at hand. Throw in that she’s a fictional crime story author…and it was sort of a mess. A lost opportunity for sure.
hweise85's review
3.0
While the author clearly did her research, after 25% of the way through the book I had to put it down.
The concept is good, but it didn't draw me in, it didn't make me want to read any further. Felt almost like a textbook type of book, all these facts. Maybe if I kept reading it would get more interesting for me.
The concept is good, but it didn't draw me in, it didn't make me want to read any further. Felt almost like a textbook type of book, all these facts. Maybe if I kept reading it would get more interesting for me.
lagadema's review against another edition
4.0
I liked reading this true crime story. I always had a notebook by my side to write notes and search online for additional info. It is a bit different from other books by the author, but in this way, we all know the stories about those abducted and killed victims that are never found in the area of the Vanishing triangle in Ireland.
sheska_meroba's review
I received a copy of this ebook in a Goodreads giveaway. I have enjoyed true crime documentaries in the past, so I thought I would try a book, but I don’t think it’s for me.