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A review by laurenjpegler
The Missing Girl by Shirley Jackson
1.0
Erm... so I did not like these at all. I find short stories quite difficult anyway; they're always feel so rushed, always have unsatisfactory endings, there's never any character or plot development, and I can't invest myself in anything because it only lasts for like 15 pages. I felt all these with the three stories inside this collection: 'The Missing Girl', 'Journey with a Lady', and 'Nightmare'.
Out of all them all, 'The Missing Girl' was the most interesting. I liked the American camp setting, as it added to this eeriness. The disappearance of the girl was quite intriguing, and I wanted to know what happened to her. Because of this, the ending was unsatisfying. There was no explanation, and it just jumped ahead a year which startled me. I was quite confused.
'Journey with a Lady' was pretty average; nothing monumental happened, thus meaning nothing interesting for me to say on it. 'Nightmare' was, by far, the worst of them all. It felt so weird, and I was constantly confused. I still don't know what happened in that story - what was this Miss X? Why was it our protagonist? What does Miss X mean? What is going to happen to our protagonist? So many questions left unanswered. I quickly grew bored of this story; the repetitive line of 'FIND MISS X. YOU WILL WIN BLAH BLAH BLAH IF YOU FIND HER' started to really irritate me.
Not a good one, unfortunately!
Out of all them all, 'The Missing Girl' was the most interesting. I liked the American camp setting, as it added to this eeriness. The disappearance of the girl was quite intriguing, and I wanted to know what happened to her. Because of this, the ending was unsatisfying. There was no explanation, and it just jumped ahead a year which startled me. I was quite confused.
'Journey with a Lady' was pretty average; nothing monumental happened, thus meaning nothing interesting for me to say on it. 'Nightmare' was, by far, the worst of them all. It felt so weird, and I was constantly confused. I still don't know what happened in that story - what was this Miss X? Why was it our protagonist? What does Miss X mean? What is going to happen to our protagonist? So many questions left unanswered. I quickly grew bored of this story; the repetitive line of 'FIND MISS X. YOU WILL WIN BLAH BLAH BLAH IF YOU FIND HER' started to really irritate me.
Not a good one, unfortunately!