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The Snow Girl by Javier Castillo
4.0
The fear of a child getting lost in the sizeable crowd at the Macy’s Parade was very real because of my east coast upbringing. I’ve witnessed firsthand the crowds at this parade. In The Snow Child, this is exactly what happens to the Templetons. Aaron and Grace Templeton took their 3-year-old daughter Kiera to the parade for the first time when every parent’s worst nightmare happened. Little Kiera disappeared without a trace. The tale that unfolds follows the parents, detective assigned to the case and an eager young reporter who suffers from her own nightmares.
The story was told mainly from Miren Triggs’s perspective. We also get insight from Aaron, the detective, and Kiera’s acquaintances. We are witness to how Kiera’s disappears affects their lives and their relentless search for answers.
The story also focuses on Miren, whom we meet as a student journalist and witness how one horrible evening affected her. When she gets a hold of the Kiera story, she is determined to find out what happened. The case goes cold until five years later when a VHS tape is delivered to the Templeton’s showing a video of Kiera, now eight years old.
Some felt the story dragged, but based on the years involved and character development, particularly that of Miren, I was pulled in. This is the first novel in the Miren Triggs series which makes sense and I think it will do well on Netflix.
René Ruiz and Rachel Jacobs did a fantastic job of giving voice to these characters and capturing the emotions and tone of the story.
*triggers- rape, kidnapping, violence. This review was originally posted at Caffeinated Reviewer
The story was told mainly from Miren Triggs’s perspective. We also get insight from Aaron, the detective, and Kiera’s acquaintances. We are witness to how Kiera’s disappears affects their lives and their relentless search for answers.
The story also focuses on Miren, whom we meet as a student journalist and witness how one horrible evening affected her. When she gets a hold of the Kiera story, she is determined to find out what happened. The case goes cold until five years later when a VHS tape is delivered to the Templeton’s showing a video of Kiera, now eight years old.
Some felt the story dragged, but based on the years involved and character development, particularly that of Miren, I was pulled in. This is the first novel in the Miren Triggs series which makes sense and I think it will do well on Netflix.
René Ruiz and Rachel Jacobs did a fantastic job of giving voice to these characters and capturing the emotions and tone of the story.
*triggers- rape, kidnapping, violence. This review was originally posted at Caffeinated Reviewer