The Lost Girlsby Heather Young
William Morrow, 2016
Literary Fiction
What's It All About?
In the summer of 1935, six-year-old Emily Evans vanished from her family's vacation home on a remote Minnesota lake. The loss devastated the family. Sixty-four years later, Emily's sister Lucy writes the story of that harrowing summer in a notebook that she bequeaths, along with the lake house and a hefty investment portfolio, to her grandniece, Justine.
“How terrible to die without finishing a book, she thought. Never to know the end of the story.”Who Should Read It?
Read this book if you don't mind waiting a REALLY long time for any action to happen in the plot. The book builds and builds to a rather anti-climactic climax that is ultimately not very surprising.
I'd give it a pass.
What Should I Read Instead?
- Island of Lost Girls by Jennifer McMahon
- The Bright Forever by Lee Martin
What If I Don't Believe You?
Don't take my word for it! Check out these other reviews:
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