It has
been awhile since the last book review, but I just honestly haven’t read a book
in a few weeks worth posting on the blog. However, Vanishing Girls, by Lauren
Oliver, is one book that is definitely worth sharing on the blog.
Vanishing
Girls may be a classified as a “young adult” book, but it is a book with some
great writing and a very unpredictable ending. I started this book thinking it
would be a nice change of pace from other books I have read. Full disclosure:
when I started to figure out the twist of the book at the very end I had to
Google for a synopsis of the book just to make sure I was on the write path of
thinking.
Dara and
Nick, two sisters that used to be inseparable, until they are in a car accident
one night. Dara, the passenger that night, suffers more injuries than Nick. The
accident leaves Dara’s face scarred and the two sisters become estranged. Nick
goes to live with her father after the accident, but when she is caught skinny
dipping she is sent to live with her mother and faced with the aftermath of the
accident and how it has affected her relationship with her sister.
When Dara
vanishes on her birthday, Nick thinks that Dara is just playing another one of
her games. However, another girl, Madeline Snow, vanished a little early that
summer, and Nick becomes more and more convinced that the two disappearances are
related. Nick is compelled to find her sister before it is too late.
Vanishing
Girls quickly turns into a page turner of a book: drama, mystery, scandal, and
one heck of a twist at the end. This book is a great psychological thriller
that I highly recommend.
I love books with a twist ending! And all I read now a days is "young adult" books! Sometime "adult books" get boring!
ReplyDeleteLove Always,
Elizabeth
southernbeth.com
Haha agreed! It is always good to switch things up!
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