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A review by elocoel
The Missing Sister by Elle Marr
1.0
This is a hard review to write. I do not enjoy being negative or telling people why and how much I did not like something, but honestly, was The Missing Sister even harder to read.
"Hello, I am Shayna, a very smart and rational soon-to-be med student. But oh no, I received an e-mail, saying my beloved sister, who I haven't talked to since my parents died, and will constantly tell you stories about how she was a horrible person while repeating how much I love her and she is my other half, has died. I am sad now. :( But still very rational. Except I will make absolutely the worst decisions. But it is fine because honestly, my sister is making even worse ones. And that is because I am very smart and rational. Did I mention I was a med student? Oh right, I have to find my sister, I guess. Maybe if I wander around aimlessly, I will figure it out. Also, there may be someone who may want to hurt me, like what happened with my sister, but I will walk around wearing clothes from her wardrobe, making us look even more similar. I will also do the absolute minimum, but in the end, it will work out for me because I am the main character."
That is it. That is the book. I just did you a favor there, don't bother reading however many pages your copy is.
In case you couldn't tell, I am very angry with this book. The premise was interesting enough, yet from the beginning, the pacing was off. It took me a month to finally finish it because I was dreading every sentence I read. Nothing about the book makes sense, not the characters, not the plot, the mystery, the villain, god, especially the villain. The ending bit about the passport is just the cherry on top about how out-of-touch and ridiculous The Missing Sister is. The writing is slow and very much tell-not-show, which is even worse considering this is supposed to be a mystery.
Overall, the biggest waste of time, definitely my worst read of 2021 yet, if not longer. I apologize for being very harsh, but I just could not keep my frustration about this book in.
"Hello, I am Shayna, a very smart and rational soon-to-be med student. But oh no, I received an e-mail, saying my beloved sister, who I haven't talked to since my parents died, and will constantly tell you stories about how she was a horrible person while repeating how much I love her and she is my other half, has died. I am sad now. :( But still very rational. Except I will make absolutely the worst decisions. But it is fine because honestly, my sister is making even worse ones. And that is because I am very smart and rational. Did I mention I was a med student? Oh right, I have to find my sister, I guess. Maybe if I wander around aimlessly, I will figure it out. Also, there may be someone who may want to hurt me, like what happened with my sister, but I will walk around wearing clothes from her wardrobe, making us look even more similar. I will also do the absolute minimum, but in the end, it will work out for me because I am the main character."
That is it. That is the book. I just did you a favor there, don't bother reading however many pages your copy is.
In case you couldn't tell, I am very angry with this book. The premise was interesting enough, yet from the beginning, the pacing was off. It took me a month to finally finish it because I was dreading every sentence I read. Nothing about the book makes sense, not the characters, not the plot, the mystery, the villain, god, especially the villain. The ending bit about the passport is just the cherry on top about how out-of-touch and ridiculous The Missing Sister is. The writing is slow and very much tell-not-show, which is even worse considering this is supposed to be a mystery.
Overall, the biggest waste of time, definitely my worst read of 2021 yet, if not longer. I apologize for being very harsh, but I just could not keep my frustration about this book in.