pennyblood's review against another edition
4.0
Too many people spoke volumes.
Maybe it was my estrogen levels, but this book made me cry and smile. It took me through all the emotional processes of missing a child or losing one, and I don't even have a child. I only wished the narration pertained to the personality of the characters. They all seemed to have the same thought process and there were too many repeated idioms that broke that fourth wall for me.
3.5/5 stars
I will read the next one.
Maybe it was my estrogen levels, but this book made me cry and smile. It took me through all the emotional processes of missing a child or losing one, and I don't even have a child. I only wished the narration pertained to the personality of the characters. They all seemed to have the same thought process and there were too many repeated idioms that broke that fourth wall for me.
3.5/5 stars
I will read the next one.
life_full_ofbooks's review
2.0
I honestly didn’t have very high hopes for this book. While the synopsis sounded interesting, I could tell by the second chapter that it wasn’t going to be as well written as I would have liked.
The book follows a mother who’s youngest daughter was kidnapped on her 3rd birthday. Megan knows her daughter is still alive 2 years later, but with no sightings, everyone close to her tries to get her to face reality.
While the book starts at the kidnapping, it jumps 2 years and evidently a lot happens in those 2 years that we are meant to piece together ourselves through context clues during later chapters.
I found the characters to be more like sketches of what the author wanted and less like real people and there was no character development at all.
I hated that certain parts of the story were completely jumped over and it felt more like the author wrote a basic outline and hit all of the bullet points without delving more into them.
There was very little consistency with some of the supporting characters and I found all of them to be very unlikable. All of that said, I immediately downloaded the sequel from Kindle Unlimited because the book ends so abruptly and I’d like to see what happens next.
The book follows a mother who’s youngest daughter was kidnapped on her 3rd birthday. Megan knows her daughter is still alive 2 years later, but with no sightings, everyone close to her tries to get her to face reality.
While the book starts at the kidnapping, it jumps 2 years and evidently a lot happens in those 2 years that we are meant to piece together ourselves through context clues during later chapters.
I found the characters to be more like sketches of what the author wanted and less like real people and there was no character development at all.
I hated that certain parts of the story were completely jumped over and it felt more like the author wrote a basic outline and hit all of the bullet points without delving more into them.
There was very little consistency with some of the supporting characters and I found all of them to be very unlikable. All of that said, I immediately downloaded the sequel from Kindle Unlimited because the book ends so abruptly and I’d like to see what happens next.
pennyblood's review
4.0
Too many people spoke volumes.
Maybe it was my estrogen levels, but this book made me cry and smile. It took me through all the emotional processes of missing a child or losing one, and I don't even have a child. I only wished the narration pertained to the personality of the characters. They all seemed to have the same thought process and there were too many repeated idioms that broke that fourth wall for me.
3.5/5 stars
I will read the next one.
Maybe it was my estrogen levels, but this book made me cry and smile. It took me through all the emotional processes of missing a child or losing one, and I don't even have a child. I only wished the narration pertained to the personality of the characters. They all seemed to have the same thought process and there were too many repeated idioms that broke that fourth wall for me.
3.5/5 stars
I will read the next one.
mrs_george's review
4.0
I read that so quickly! It was captivating; you couldn't help but feel the emotions Megan went through after losing Emma. My heart will race, my skin will get prickly and I'll feel sick to my stomach if I don't find my child after 3 minutes. I can only imagine how much you feel after 3 years and the author really handles the sensitive subject matter quite well. I'm really looking forward to the next novel and hearing more about Emma's story.
booksandrabbits's review
3.0
A very emotional story of a mother desperate to find her missing daughter whilst her remaining family is falling apart.
orphan_of_you's review
5.0
Sad but great
This story was so sad. Two families were ripped apart in this book. It really takes strength to continue in something so tragic.
This story was so sad. Two families were ripped apart in this book. It really takes strength to continue in something so tragic.