Reviews

Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

mrs_brands's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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

3.75

knkayaktel's review against another edition

mysterious tense

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

wasn’t really feeling it. I loved another one of her books but all the ones after that I feel fell flat. I couldn’t stand the main character so it made it hard to read and I wanted it to just be over. 

mrsbooknerd's review against another edition

3.0

The second half of this book was quite pacy with revelations and twists and reveals coming like calories in a bakery. I flew through the second half. I think there were still a few holes, or at least things that didn't feel quite as robust, but it was definitely more enjoyable for my tastes.

But getting there was a bit more of a struggle. I almost gave up at one point. The first half was less plot heavy and more focused on the moral decision Julia was being forced to make. It was setting up the characters and plot threads, but it was just a fraction too slow for me. I kept reading a couple of pages and then putting it down, but I am.glad that I kept going.

bremdey's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

maryqueenofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

catrinamayy's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

vrlewellen's review

Just could  not get into it after almost an hour of listening. 

melanie_l's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

starklinqs's review against another edition

2.75

I was so excited to read this after Wrong Place, Wrong Time, but it was unfortunately a bit of a letdown. The POV changing was okay, but I feel like labeling sections by days missing only to kind of pull the rug out from under the reader to say

that it was different  periods in time

just didn’t really vibe with me? I still ended up suspecting it, but it added an extra layer of confusion to me. It’s something that I feel would work better on an onscreen medium than it does in a book, but maybe that’s just me. 

The characters also felt underdeveloped. I know I was supposed to care about them, and the parental relationships with their children, but I couldn’t find myself caring about a single one. The most emotion I felt was about Julia and how she seemed to be fucking up at nearly every turn. For a woman who was supposed to be this machine at her work, she just seemed really stupid, straight from the events of the prologue. The ending is wrapped up, but I’m not sure how we’re meant to even conclude the whodunnit from what the book actually tells us, again, in part because of how underdeveloped the characters are. I’ll still check out her other books, but this book was such a disappointment to me. 

akravitz's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75