Reviews with content warning for Pedophilia - Vanishing Girls

i love the prose! this sort of flowy, descriptive writing is so evocative and effective in imagery. felt like i could really picture everything happening in my mind

the relationship between both sisters is tragic and heart-wrenching, especially with the change in perspectives and insight into each’s psyche, especially during the “before” segments. both of their resentment that’s pitted against each other is so raw, yet real and reflective of sisterhood

it’s just the ending i take issue with….

would have been perfectly fine, even better, with dara and nick just reconciling. this ending still could’ve worked…. but i’m not a fan of how nick’s mental issues were treated. if she were so deep into her dissociation (which, judging how long this went on in the novel, seems very deep), it doesn’t make sense that she would’ve recovered so quickly. i wish more care had been given to her recovery, and i get that most of it happens bts but it feels unfinished, and abrupt as a consequence. perhaps it’s also desire on my part to see them make things right and communicate, because a fight is truly such a tragic medium through which one’s last words can be conveyed. if more time had been spent on nick fully coming to terms with dara’s death, with the fact that they had never resolved everything and had it all broken off there, i would have enjoyed the ending much better.

but overall… am much inclined to check out more of the author’s works!! again, adored the writing style. the pacing was inconsistent in the sense that it was quite slow at the start, but really sped up towards the end. perhaps it’s just the nature of this story though!

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dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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iflirtwiththewomentoo's review against another edition

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2.75

The pace of this book was quite weird, I felt like there were a few useless subplots added.
The book was okay overall, not great but not bad. I thought the book was a thriller about a missing girl, I felt like that part was not the focusing plot of the story.

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brookey8888's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This wasn't what I was expecting at all. I really liked it though! I guessed that Dara died, but did not put the all split personality thing together till like we found out she died
This Wasn’t as enjoyable as the first time I read it. But it was still good it did make me emotional which I wasn’t expecting. Also I’m just a sucker for romance. Honestly it’s not much of a thriller but it was a good time honestly if I rated it now it would be a three star but I kind of don’t want to change my rating.

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