All the Missing Girls
Ratings60
Average rating3.5
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Ratings60
Average rating3.5
It's been ten years since Nicolette Farrell left her rural hometown after her best friend, Corinne, disappeared without trace. Then a letter from her father arrives - ' I need to talk to you. That girl. I saw that girl.' Has her father's dementia worsened, or has he really seen Corinne? Returning home, Nicolette must finally face what happened on that terrible night all those years ago. Then, another young woman goes missing, almost to the day of the anniversary of when Corinne vanished. And like ten years ago, the whole town is a suspect. Told backwards - Day 15 to Day 1 - Nicolette works to unravel the truth, revealing shocking secrets about her friends, her family, and what really happened to Corinne. Like nothing you've ever read before, All the Missing Girls is a brilliantly plotted debut thriller that will leave you breathless.
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Read my review on my blog here: https://theconsultingbookworm.wordpress.com/2016/09/01/all-the-missing-girls-megan-miranda/
I had a very hard time with this book. It is written backwards. That makes it choppy, disjointed, difficult to follow, and confusing. Almost 70 to 80 % of the book is this way. The characters were not likable. The end of the book was better. The pace was faster, it was easy to understand, and I liked the plot at the end.
This book was okay for me. As someone who struggles with ADHD and memory, I was constantly feeling like I was missing things. I couldn't remember characters or the plot due to the backwards telling of the story. While I love the idea of the crime being told backwards, it was incredibly hard to remember over the span of days. If I had to read the book again I would wait until I had one full day to dedicate to it. This is a book that I feel would have been better had I read it in one sitting.
I felt that the whole backwards telling ploy thing really distracted from the story. It took me a few minutes each time to get back into the plot and I kept back tracking.
I was disappointed with the ending, but this was a good book and I was very spooked by the whole thing.
