Reviews
A missing girl on a journey of revenge. A Serial-like podcast following the clues she's left behind.
DNF at page 92This is boring and i dont care for the format at all
<spoiler>A genuinely heartwrenching novel. I went into it believing that there would be some kind of final girl moment.</spoiler>
Lo mejor es el audiolibro, las voces te hacen meterte realmente en el libro. La razón por la que tiene 3 estrellas es por que el final no me convenció del todo, lo que me frustro es que era predecible, pero aun así, es un muy buen libro.
2.5 rounded up.I appear to be in the minority of people who just feel a bit 'meh' after reading this book. I really love that fiction authors are dipping their toes into podcast-style writing (Matt Weselowski's Six Stories series is a fantastic example of this), and was intrigued and excited to read this. I listened to the audiobook, which I recommend, specifically because of the way it's written. 40% of the book (or so) is podcast style, and it's clear that they went through a lot of trouble to make these sections as realistic as possible. Interviews conducted in a diner, for example, have a buzz of people and cutlery in the background. If people are meeting outside, you can hear the crunch of the gravel under their feet. The main narrators are all excellent (Rebecca Soler is a gem), but I felt like some of the narrators for minor characters failed. More than once, I found myself listening to the host of the podcast telling me that someone's grief was evident in their voice when it just wasn't. Some 'interviewees' were robotic and emotionless, like they'd never seen the words they were about to say before. I found MayBeth to be whiny and dramatic, and as this has been my critique of many books where a child has gone missing, I'm thinking I just do not like this trope. The book tries to resolve with meaning and sadness and is very much written to tug on your heart strings a bit, but I just wasn't feeling it. I didn't feel connected to the host of the podcast at all, and couldn't figure out why he was randomly investigating this case. We're not given any information about him at the start of the book and very little is revealed about him throughout (except that he has a daughter, which makes him care about this disappearance case *more than you*), and this feeling plagued me from start to finish. I didn't feel connected to any of the characters. I didn't care about them. The story itself is promising, and I did like the open-endedness of its conclusion, but in the end, it wasn't enough for me.
4.5* Dark, heart breaking, gut wrenching, the Audiobook was so imersive.Sadie has truely the most awful life but with a fitting, albeit sad ending.