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Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

9 reviews

thissagreads's review

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Solid concept, but the pace was a bit too slow and there were so many characters that I had to reread certain parts, a few times to understand what was going on. I wish the ultimate villain and explanation was thought out more, but it was a good “gotcha” nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Kidnapping

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

   A semi-predictable thriller. I had hoped to enjoy this more than the other book of hers I read, and I did but it still wasn't spectacular. I likely won't pick up a book of hers again, as I don't enjoy them that much. I found the villain to be easy to spot.
    The characters were quite unlikeable and hard to sympathize with. This made it harder to enjoy the book.
    The writing did keep me engaged and there were some twists I didn't see coming.

Narrator(s) Rating:  4.5 stars
   All the narrators did an excellent job, though the one who did Emma's voice was a bit flat. They were the only reason I bothered to finish the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Misogyny, Suicide, Police brutality, Trafficking, Alcohol, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A tale of a missing girl, corruption, and parents who love their kids. This story follows Julia, a detective investigating a a girl who vanished in a dead end alleyway, Lewis, a father who's daughter is missing, and Emma, who's son is a suspect. I have only read Wrong Place Wrong Time by this author but, like that book this is incredibly well thought out and mysterious. It is incredibly slow in the middle. The fact that the only povs are of the parents of the main characters in this mystery makes it hard to connect to the actual story. It's also a tad hard to like any of them. I think the last 25% was much more intriguing than the first 75%. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lpdx's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Police brutality, and Alcohol

booksandladders's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I really liked Wrong Place, Wrong Time and thought I would pick this one up as well. It was pretty good, but there were elements of it I didn't quite enjoy. I thought it was a decent follow-up to a spectacular book, but it definitely didn't have the same hold on me that Wrong Place, Wrong Time did.

I didn't see the majority of the twists coming, and that made me continue reading it, but I wasn't as interested in it and thought it would hook me more than it ended up doing. I didn't think the switch in perspective or the storytelling in those perspectives was as impactful as I would have liked. It took too long for me to get into, even as I listened to it in audiobook format.

I was hoping for more out of this but am still pleased with what I read. I will definitely still read more that Gillian McAllister puts out and think she is a strong voice in the thriller genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I wanted to get into this book but could not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

amandaredinger's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence

alisonannk's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, and Deportation

bringmybooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Thank you to Edelweiss, William Morrow, & HarperCollins for the opportunity to read and review this book before it's publication date! This in no way affected my review, opinions are my own.

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HI HEY HELLO I NEED YOU TO KNOW THIS WAS FAB

Okay, so I picked up Wrong Place Wrong Time last year at a crazy going out of business sale (it was like $4 for the HC, how can you go wrong?) and read it shortly thereafter - read it, devoured it, tomato, tomatoh, what have you. I have recommended that book to SO many people since reading it and I’m so stoked to say that I will be recommending this one just as much!

It took me a tiny little bit to get fully sunk into the story and kind of understand how the different POVs connected (and one of my hunches was correct which obvs made me feel like a genius), but once I did I was HOOKED. The plot itself was ingenious (similar to Wrong Place Wrong Time!) and I loved how it all came together.

This is also one of those books that, while not what you would necessarily consider for a book club, would be PERFECT for the occasion. There is a lot to unpack/unravel here and I cannot wait for other people to read this in August so I can talk to them about it! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Infidelity

Minor: Gun violence, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Deportation