Then She Was Gone

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The years went by and although Laurel kept pushing the police to do more…there was only so much they could or would do. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

Quickly paced yet delicately nuanced, this novel is sure to appeal to fans of Big Little Lies and The Woman in Cabin 10. All psychological thrillers are dark and a bit disturbing but the subjects in this one took that to a whole different level. Also, I really enjoyed how she leaves us with little snippets of clues along the way for us readers to pick up on right away and start questioning and guessing how they fit into the story. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion.Floyd is the second loser in this lovely cast; when he discovers the true origins of his daughter, Poppy, he stalks Laurel, engineers a meeting with her and eventually falls for her. I don’t want to say more because part of the excitement of the book is discovering how the various plot lines intertwine and how the mysteries are resolved. I usually really dislike predictable books and I usually figure out most mysteries which annoys me; not with this book though.

But Jewell uses some clever disguises regarding timing that make it complicated, and when you do figure it out about 2/3 of the way thru, you have to stop for a few minutes and think about all the repercussions, Then, it all adds up. Even though unconditional love is one of the ideal forms of love, it will be practical only with ideal individuals. Thankfully everyone is feeling better and today is the first day where they are BOTH back at school! latest thriller moves at a brisk pace even as she plays with narrative structure: The book is split into three sections, including a first one which alternates chapters between the time of Ellie’s disappearance and the present and a second section that begins as Laurel and Floyd meet.The blending of multiple genres in each of her books really creates a unique reading experience; readers of every gender and walk of life have been able to connect with her writing and I feel that's a sure sign of the highest quality of writing. All of these devices serve to build palpable tension, but the structure also contributes to how deeply disturbing the story becomes. There is absolutely nothing better than a blindsighted twist in a psychological thriller and unfortunately there wasn’t a single one in this book. She is shocked to see that his youngest daughter, Poppy has a strong resemblance to her daughter, Ellie. Ellie was a very smart, lovely girl whose disappearance left a hole in the lives of those who loved her.

In addition to being a complex and genuinely suspenseful narrative, Then She Was Gone is a rich study of the ways in which people respond to grief and how past trauma can continue to shape their decision-making and relationships years or decades later. As soon as their relationship become serious and she forms true bounding with Poppy, she surprisingly finds out the birth mother Noelle of Poppy who left her is the same woman who has tutored her daughter Ellie. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Changing tenses and changing narators the fast pace continued, new discoveries, and the insidious darkness beneath, kept me turning pages. Her characters are believable, her writing is strong and poetic, and her narrative is infused with just enough intrigue to keep the pages turning.

There were a few minor occurrences I didn’t see coming, but none of them were important enough to the story that they made any kind of difference. This was a quick read but unlikable and ridiculous, hard to believe characters made it difficult for me to believe a word. When you are the parent of a child who walked out of the house one morning with a rucksack full of books to study at a library a fifteen minute walk away and then never came home again, then there is no such thing as overreacting. Brooks presents a case for making room for Bigfoot in the world while peppering his narrative with timely social criticism about bad behavior on the human side of the conflict: The explosion of Rainier might have been better forecast had the president not slashed the budget of the U. I became invested in the feelings of Eliie’s mother, and as a mother of four daughters, I wanted so badly for things to somehow turn out that this poor woman didn’t have to continue without knowing what happened to her missing beautiful, intelligent, golden girl!

THEN SHE WAS GONE by LISA JEWELL is a breathtaking, thrilling, unputdownable, and suspenseful psychological thriller novel that had me totally engrossed and interested right from the very first page. During lunch, something to do with some homework assignment or other, and Ellie, who really knew nothing much about anything, knew immediately that he wasn’t gay and that he was talking to her because he liked her. Completely absorbing, fast-paced, well-written and with a shocking ending that will keep readers guessing, Then She Was Gone is a nearly pitch-perfect thriller.

Lisa is a New York Times and Sunday Times number one bestselling author who has been published worldwide in over thirty languages.