Christine (luvmygem) - reviewed on 8/24/2012 + 86 more book reviews

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I thought the first half of this book was excellent - a 12 year-old girl disappears, then four years later clues are uncovered regarding her whereabouts, rekindling the hope that she is in fact still alive. Soon she is found and returned to her parents, whose marriage is barely hanging on by a thread. The author did a great job describing the emotional suspense of the family's reunion: Tom Stuart wants everything to go back to normal, however Abby had forced herself to move on, accepting that her daughter had been murdered. The pieces do not simply fall back into place, and when Caitlin's abductor is found and arrested, things get worse - she refuses to testify against him and actually wants to go back to him. All of those emotions and reactions are kind of horrible, yet believable in some strange way, however after that the story doesn't seem to know which direction to go in, and becomes far-fetched and disappointing. Worth a read, but I was a little disappointed.

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