Good as Gone
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (878 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01EKQFUHC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 502 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Just OK" according to Mrs. Fitz. I wanted to like this book way more than I did. While I found the plotline interesting, the two main characters (Mom & Julie) were not very sympathetic or likable. That made it hard for me to care what happened to them. Dad & the other daughter's secondary characters were not really fleshed out very much. Toward the end the story got sort of muddled & I had to go back and re-read parts to figure out who was doing what to whom.Just an OK read for me, I'm sorry to say.. "I really went in prepared to like it, but no" according to SherriLee. I live in Houston and there are very few good mysteries set here so I was excited to find this one with some great reviews. Or not. I finally understand all the crazies who hate it when their town is geographically wrong. Please use an imaginary place if you cant get the details right. Also, the mega-preacher parallel really kind of ticked me off. From the education to the venue, there were some pretty strong similarities and that's just wrong. Don't base characters, esp bad ones, on real people.As for the storyor multiple stories, dont bother. The narration shifts, the story shifts, red herrings are dangled and . Solid Thriller - Couldn't put it down Amazon Customer This is a fantastic breakout novel that solidly delivers as a page-turner. It kept me riveted throughout and I found great satisfaction at the conclusion.The book has a simple premise, but navigates complicated waters. This novel brings to life the horrors many real women experience in the form of sexual violence. This is approached in a manner which is not exploitive nor sensationalized; we sympathize with the pragmatic choices these characters make because these moments of violence are described in a straightforward and stark manner. It's easy to understand how a person could unravel under these circumstances,
The family is ecstatic—but Anna, Julie’s mother, has whispers of doubts. She hates to face them. Her family was shattered, but managed to stick together, hoping against hope that Julie is still alive. When she is contacted by a former detective turned private eye, she begins a torturous search for the truth about the woman she desperately hopes is her daughter. A young woman who appears to be Julie is finally, miraculously, home safe. She cannot avoid them. Thirteen-year-old Julie Whitaker was kidnapped from her bedroom in the middle of the night, witnessed only by her younger sister. And then one night: the doorbell rings. Propulsive and suspenseful, Good as Gone will appeal to fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, and keep readers guessing until the final pages.
This thriller pierces into the darkest corners of the heart where both love and fear reside, escalating the suspense to deliver a gut-plunging finale. Now, eight years later, a girl who looks like Julie shows up on their doorstep, similar in many ways to the daughter they loved and in other ways completely different. An Best Book of August 2016: The worst nightmare of every parent comes true for Anna and Tom when a stranger snatches their thirteen-year-old daughter, Julie, from her bedroom at knife point. No evidence has bee