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The Girl on the News by Elisabeth Carpenter
4.0
emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I received an ARC from the publisher and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Jessie lives peacefully with her husband and her young daughter, trying to forget the years spent locked up for the murder of her best friend when she was twelve. Then a post goes viral about her daughter missing, even though she is right there in Jessie's sight. Also, whoever killed Lauren might not have stopped there...

This book sucked me in and I read it in one afternoon. It was twisty and exciting, and literally everyone in the book was suspicious. I had to keep going to see what was going to happen, and the twists kept coming.

And in the end, that's probably why I was a bit disappointed with the ending. Everyone being suspicious led to me honestly not being convinced that the real murderer was caught in the end, and I was a bit confused because I was sure that there would be another twist (or two). I'm not sure if that open ending was deliberate, or if this book just made me way too paranoid. 

Overall, I loved this book, but it's going to keep me up tonight because I just don't understand why [redacted] would be the killer when [other character] had way more motive. So I'm rating it 4 stars because I don't think that final solution had enough lead-up compared to the other suspects.

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