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Still Missing by Chevy Stevens

114 reviews

jellypop's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

the plot started out interesting and tense once you find out what happened to the main character, but after about halfway into the book the story loses some of its thriller-esque qualities. the story becomes more of a mystery and it becomes a little ridiculous when it comes to the interactions between two individuals. i did enjoy reading about their relationship and seeing it develop but that was not meant to be the focus of this book. there are some very heavy trigger warnings for this book and i liked the main character but wasn’t overly attached to her. there is a plot twist that i did not see coming that kept the ending a satisfying one for me not to rate it a flat 2 stars.
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meghamonkey's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

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sadie_hawkins's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Started out and went on great but the ending was truly not it. Felt like an afterthought, no originality, not suprising. I really wasn't satisfied with it. Therefore not a mystery but a psychological thriller, and even though it was about such a sad thing, I really found it captivating. I found the writing quality high enough until the part she was found. I am still happy I read it, would recommend, just don't expect a good ending lol.
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jgbraun88's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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sundayjane's review against another edition

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challenging dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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dannitriestoread's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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emilynied's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book dove right in within the first fifty pages and at times was quite challenging to get through. It's descriptive, disturbing and challenging as a reader. I initially picked up this book thinking it would be about a character post-abduction, re-entering the world and the psychological effects of a year spent kidnapped. The book, however, spent most of its first half describing the details of Annie's year kept in the mountains, probing into her innermost thoughts, emotions and fears. The book is interesting in that it tells Annie's story through meetings with her therapist, but we as the reader don't ever meet this person, as the story is told in purely first person. She talks to the reader as if we are the therapist, which makes for some interesting storytelling and cliffhangers between "sessions," broken up into chapters. I think I would have liked to see some sort of therapist "character," but the pacing felt super fast to me and kept me so intrigued - I read this in like a day. 

The second half was what really surprised me. Rather than seeing Annie work through her trauma and experiences, the plot really focuses on the mystery surrounding the abduction and the web of potential connections and crimes that the reader (or just me?) never even suspected. I really liked the mystery here, but would have liked to see more of Annie's character arc as that felt pretty unresolved to me - the entire ending felt a little stilted and sudden after the last big bombshell dropped.
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samanthasteen's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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rkocher1's review against another edition

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dark sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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mbredahl3's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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