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I Hope You're Listening
by Tom Ryan
Disclaimer: I received the arc from the publisher for TBR and Beyond Tours. Thanks! All opinions are my own.
Book: I Hope You’re Listening
Author: Tom Ryan
Book Series: Standalone
Rating: 3.5/5
Diversity: w/w main character
Recommended For...: mystery lovers, thrill seekers, missing persons, lgbt+
Publication Date: October 6, 2020
Genre: YA Mystery
Recommended Age: 16+ (mystery, kidnapping and missing persons TW, child abduction TW, cannabis usage)
Publisher: Aw Teen
Pages: 368
Synopsis: In her small town, seventeen year-old Delia “Dee” Skinner is known as the girl who wasn’t taken. Ten years ago, she witnessed the abduction of her best friend, Sibby. And though she told the police everything she remembered, it wasn’t enough. Sibby was never seen again.At night, Dee deals with her guilt by becoming someone else: the Seeker, the voice behind the popular true crime podcast Radio Silent, which features missing persons cases and works with online sleuths to solve them. Nobody knows Dee’s the Seeker, and she plans to keep it that way.When another little girl goes missing, and the case is linked to Sibby’s disappearance, Dee has a chance to get answers, with the help of her virtual detectives and the intriguing new girl at school. But how much is she willing to reveal about herself in order to uncover the truth? Dee’s about to find out what’s really at stake in unraveling the mystery of the little girls who vanished.
Review: For the most part this was a very well done mystery! I couldn’t figure out the whodunit within the first half of the book. The book did well with the mystery elements and the plot was interesting throughout the book. I also thought the world building was well done. I also liked that the book discussed the difference between when a white person goes missing versus a minority character.
However, I do feel like the pacing was really slow and the character development was lacking. The main character is severely stiff and uninteresting. It was a struggle to get through the first half of the book, but by the second half it was smooth sailing.
Verdict: It was good, but a bit lacking.
Book: I Hope You’re Listening
Author: Tom Ryan
Book Series: Standalone
Rating: 3.5/5
Diversity: w/w main character
Recommended For...: mystery lovers, thrill seekers, missing persons, lgbt+
Publication Date: October 6, 2020
Genre: YA Mystery
Recommended Age: 16+ (mystery, kidnapping and missing persons TW, child abduction TW, cannabis usage)
Publisher: Aw Teen
Pages: 368
Synopsis: In her small town, seventeen year-old Delia “Dee” Skinner is known as the girl who wasn’t taken. Ten years ago, she witnessed the abduction of her best friend, Sibby. And though she told the police everything she remembered, it wasn’t enough. Sibby was never seen again.At night, Dee deals with her guilt by becoming someone else: the Seeker, the voice behind the popular true crime podcast Radio Silent, which features missing persons cases and works with online sleuths to solve them. Nobody knows Dee’s the Seeker, and she plans to keep it that way.When another little girl goes missing, and the case is linked to Sibby’s disappearance, Dee has a chance to get answers, with the help of her virtual detectives and the intriguing new girl at school. But how much is she willing to reveal about herself in order to uncover the truth? Dee’s about to find out what’s really at stake in unraveling the mystery of the little girls who vanished.
Review: For the most part this was a very well done mystery! I couldn’t figure out the whodunit within the first half of the book. The book did well with the mystery elements and the plot was interesting throughout the book. I also thought the world building was well done. I also liked that the book discussed the difference between when a white person goes missing versus a minority character.
However, I do feel like the pacing was really slow and the character development was lacking. The main character is severely stiff and uninteresting. It was a struggle to get through the first half of the book, but by the second half it was smooth sailing.
Verdict: It was good, but a bit lacking.