LOCAL WOMAN MISSING

Local Woman Missing by Mary KubicaGenre : Psychological ThrillerEXCELLENT TWIST!Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Eleven years ago, two women and a six year old girl went missing. Now, the girl is back after escaping her kidnappers, but things don't feel right to her younger brother, Leo. He is apprehensive, and doesn't trust this girl as she doesn't fit who he remembers at all. As the story jumps between multiple point of views, we try to figure out if the cases are related.From both the past and the present, suspects are introduced and motives are revealed. Despite these multiple narratives, Kubica does a great job of tying the story together and building a great mystery. The novel contains powerful emotions in the storytelling with everything from shame and guilt to shock, torment, and horror. The storylines are full of suspense with major twists that are disturbing.⚠️child abuse, suicide, domestic violence, birth complications, miscarriage, mentions of sexual abuse, rape, postpartum psychosis, abortion⚠️

The book is well written. I strangely liked the writing even though it is one of the most criticised things about this book. To begin with, the story starts slow, progresses soon.Shelby, a local town woman disappears and following that her Doula, Meredith (mother) and Delilah (child) disappear too. The suspicion runs around through town about what may be have happened.The revealation occurs in parts as the story builds up, twisting the tale almost twice with some unexpected gasps but then it gets pretty simple and absolute soon enough. I liked the book, couldn't guess yes but wasn't shocked or taken aback with the release of the secret. The book gets rather gloomy when the family drama kicks in as unleashing begins, so be prepared for portions of grieving and loss. The end is happy and warm.

I love how many situations & characters are analysed from different ppl with point of views and as a working mother , I deeply feel how a mother's love & guilt is portrayed. I love the unexpected twist near the end. I recommend this to all thriller loving booknerds ❤️

Nice value for money i like it

3.5 stars rounded up to 4Things that I liked:1. The characters were relatable2. The suspense was really gripping till the end3. The writing was really crisp and preciseThings I didn't enjoy:1. The book has one unanswered mystery2. The book started on a murder mystery but ended up having to a different direction3. DNA test doesn't really get available to one cop

This book had great potential and was going really well for 80% of the time. But the ending just fell flat. This plot was implausible af. Having ready too many thrillers, this one didn’t work for me at all.

I just cant put the book down. The suspense is too much. The ending is not what I expected at all.

The story, the characters everything was great but I felt it was dragging a lil bit. Otherwise a very engaging story

Read this with my Book Club and LOVED IT!! Not too long so easy to read in between club meetings. The book keeps you guess and you never see the ending coming. 100% recommend!

I downloaded a preview of this book and was hooked before it was half read. Suspenseful psychological thriller! Had me turning the pages quickly. It's the kind of book I was sorry to have read so quickly. I didn't particularly like the ending but getting there was worth the read. I definitely recommend this book.

Did not finish reading yet. But it’s interesting for now. Will update the rating after

I was gripped by this book straight away. It was fast paced and I wanted to get to the end to see the whole truth.The storyline is of course somewhat unrealistic but that didn’t matter to me. I enjoyed it anyway.I will be reading others by the author.

El libro ha llegado con pegamento y papel pegado en la parte de atrás, al quitárselo se ha dañado el libro. Horrible.The book came with something sticky on the back and cardboard stack to it, when I wiped it off the paper got damaged. Sincerely disappointed.