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Забытая девушка by Karin Slaughter

34 reviews

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was fine. I literally remembered next to nothing about the first book, which I don’t think you really need to. The mystery of this was honestly whatever, I didn’t love the dual timeline. The characters were ok, like they were funny at times, but I’ll never remember any of this. My favorite part was the romance which was like two scenes lol. Idk if you liked the first you’ll probably like this, but this isn’t anything special. This author has better books in my opinion. 

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Such a stunning thriller; Slaughter has the innate ability to write extremely unlikeable peripheral characters that you love to hate. The dual story line between Emily and Andrea kept me o the edge of my seat the whole time. A dark novel with a great plot.

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I loved this book by Karen Slaughter.  This one was a slow burn compared to her other one I just read, Pieces of You.  She seamlessly weaved the two different storylines (1980s & today).  I kept imagining this book as a episode of Cold Case and picturing how the characters looked in the 1980s versus now.  

I will be seeking out other Karen Slaughter books and adding them to my "to-read" shelf.

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Graphic and violent misogyny, plus some... interesting discussion of dementia

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dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Sure! Fine! A little silly, a little predictable, but it passed the time and kept me engaged. 

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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