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The Lost Girls by Heather Young
2.0
This may be the most disappointing book I’ve read this year.
The premise is brilliant but the story itself meanders along in a dual timeline that adds very little.
The 1935 story is atmospheric, but nothing really happens and what does happen is so slow that it borders on boring. I was expecting some shocking twist, but it’s actually quite obvious what happened to Emily, why Lilith is the way she is and the real guilt the father feels.
In fact, the synopsis gives away the entire plot, yet actually over-dramatises the story, making the book flat and unremarkable.
Characters are not likeable at all and the motive for their behaviour is very strange. Justine brings nothing to the story and does not even ‘solve’ the mystery.
It’s well-written, albeit long-winded, but unfortunately it just doesn’t work at all.
I received a copy of the book from Oldcastle Publicity and Verve Books. All opinions my own.
The premise is brilliant but the story itself meanders along in a dual timeline that adds very little.
The 1935 story is atmospheric, but nothing really happens and what does happen is so slow that it borders on boring. I was expecting some shocking twist, but it’s actually quite obvious what happened to Emily, why Lilith is the way she is and the real guilt the father feels.
In fact, the synopsis gives away the entire plot, yet actually over-dramatises the story, making the book flat and unremarkable.
Characters are not likeable at all and the motive for their behaviour is very strange. Justine brings nothing to the story and does not even ‘solve’ the mystery.
It’s well-written, albeit long-winded, but unfortunately it just doesn’t work at all.
I received a copy of the book from Oldcastle Publicity and Verve Books. All opinions my own.