That was....certainly something.

I have this say, this book really wasn't my genre. Realistic contemporary fiction doesn't really enthrall me, unless it has a certain aspect I find interesting. Unfortunately Vanishing Girls didn't give me too much to like.

A lot of the plot seemed somewhat empty to me, that things were just moving along without a purpose. There wasn't a lot to the main character other than responsible older sister trying to reconnect with her rebellious, out of control younger sister after a horrible accident. She just seemed like a blank slate character.

I will give Oliver props for not making a love triangle completely overbearing, yet Parker seems so useless to the story as he seems to be just the childhood friend turned love interest.

I think I agree with many people here that the twist was a little corny. It's almost straight out of Twist 101. I will say that I didn't guess it, but isn't the only requisite for a good twist. That and there are a couple of things in the story that don't really make sense once the twist is revealed, like how can the twist not even be discussed among the family? It's just some weird tip-toeing.

I wasn't exactly interested by Oliver's work before and that hasn't changed now. Hopefully the book club I read this for will give some interesting insights so this book can be worth the read.