Publication Date: June 18, 2019
Publisher: Corvus
Rating: ★★★
Littleport, Maine is like two separate towns: a vacation paradise for wealthy holidaymakers and a simple harbour community for the residents who serve them. Friendships between locals and visitors are unheard of – but that’s just what happened with Avery Greer and Sadie Loman.
Each summer for a decade the girls are inseparable – until Sadie is found dead. When the police rule the death a suicide, Avery can’t help but feel there are those in the community, including a local detective and Sadie’s brother Parker, who blame her. Someone knows more than they’re saying, and Avery is intent on clearing her name before the facts get twisted against her.
Review:
“This town convinces you’re better than you really are.”
When I first read All the Missing Girls, I made it a point to get my hands on the next Megan Miranda novel to hit the bookshelves. It was so interesting and a completely different concept than what I have read before. I read The Perfect Stranger and I felt like it lacked the necessary oomph to make it into a fast-paced mystery. Again, unfortunately, I struggled with the newest Megan Miranda novel.
Just like the beginning of The Perfect Stranger, this book had so much promise of being a book that kept my attention. I was very interested in the plot and it seemed very suspicious/spooky/made you think. However, as I went on, I struggled with every page that I turned. Sometimes, I found myself saying, “I’m only how far along?!”
In my opinion, I think this novel would’ve been a real page-turner if there was some sort of development. There was no development in really any of the characters, not even the main character, Avery. It was a tale of something happened a little while ago and now that time has passed, we resurface everything and try to find new conclusions. If the storytelling was a little better and there was something bigger behind this story, it would’ve easily been a five-star novel.
I think that Megan Miranda had all of the necessary things she needed in this book, but just did not execute them properly. The foundation to have a five-star novel was there for me for sure. However, with a less-than-appealing development throughout the story, I had a really hard time.
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