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A review by micrummey
Lost Child by D.S. Butler
1.0
The only good thing about this book was the idea of a child going missing at a fete. After that the book descends rapidly into awfulness. This isn't gripping at all. There is no danger to the main protagonist, Beth.
As a character she is selfish, paranoid and totally unrealistic as she hates everyone who isn't part of her family.
The book is overwritten with too much unnecessary detail as everything is over described. This happens especially when Beth enters a place, from the countryside on a walk or the furniture in a room.
The conclusion was head scratching and didn't work and you wonder how the perpetrator of the crime was able to cover it up for so long.
Perhaps the author should read [b:Just What Kind of Mother Are You?|16071790|Just What Kind of Mother Are You?|Paula Daly|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1363837221l/16071790._SY75_.jpg|21865795] by [a:Paula Daly|6175529|Paula Daly|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1364759256p2/6175529.jpg] to understand how to write a gripping book about a missing child with believable characters.
As a character she is selfish, paranoid and totally unrealistic as she hates everyone who isn't part of her family.
The book is overwritten with too much unnecessary detail as everything is over described. This happens especially when Beth enters a place, from the countryside on a walk or the furniture in a room.
The conclusion was head scratching and didn't work and you wonder how the perpetrator of the crime was able to cover it up for so long.
Perhaps the author should read [b:Just What Kind of Mother Are You?|16071790|Just What Kind of Mother Are You?|Paula Daly|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1363837221l/16071790._SY75_.jpg|21865795] by [a:Paula Daly|6175529|Paula Daly|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1364759256p2/6175529.jpg] to understand how to write a gripping book about a missing child with believable characters.