The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir

OK for the record, I'm not generally a fan of mysteries, or true crime, or “true stories of people who had fucked up things happen to them”, but I know a lot of teens are so I try to read some of that stuff once in awhile. The premise of this sounded compelling so I thought I'd read it and maybe booktalk it but honestly it was soo boring to me.Like I get that they were trying to capture the scary tedium of just like, waiting around for someone to maybe kill you? And it sounds like a genuinely shitty experience that they went through. But it was so boring to read about. Also all the stuff about the dad (who got shot in the face)'s medical experiences was like, real gross. BUT I know a lot of teens (and people of all ages) like to read about gross stuff?? Just not meeeeeI think most of the teens who like true crime stuff like the real fucked up stuff like [b:Cruel Sacrifice 91510 Cruel Sacrifice Aphrodite Jones https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387663182s/91510.jpg 88292] so IDEK if this is like, crimey enough for a lot of them? IDK IDK IDKBefore reading it, I'd recommended this on a one-on-one basis to kids before when they ask for stuff like this, just based on its reputation. But I don't think I'll booktalk it because I just don't have any enthusiasm for it, like, at all... WHICH is at least partly due to my own tastes as a reader.