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The first part of this book read like fiction, and the last part like the best kind of true crime podcast. This heart-breaking story was not an easy read by any stretch, but Kolker does make it a great one. Through the way these stories were shared, I felt like I was getting to know each girl, family member, and suspect.
The story of what happened to Amber, Melissa, Maureen, Megan, and Shannan needs to be shared. Time and again we hear of women who went missing and the police brushed it off because the women were sex workers. This book shows that it isn’t always by choice, and it absolutely never makes someone less human and less deserving of justice. These girls when missing between 2007-2010 and their families still have no answers. Whether or not the police did their best is not my call to make, but there is time. People know what happened to these women. They don’t just disappear. Everyone needs to read this story, because this demographic is highly targeted for crime and highly stereotyped and disregarded. You can’t read this book and not come away feeling like these girls deserved so much more. Thousands have stories just like this that aren’t being written into books or Netflix shows, and we need to educate ourselves on what’s happening. Reading Lost Girls is a great first step.
The story of what happened to Amber, Melissa, Maureen, Megan, and Shannan needs to be shared. Time and again we hear of women who went missing and the police brushed it off because the women were sex workers. This book shows that it isn’t always by choice, and it absolutely never makes someone less human and less deserving of justice. These girls when missing between 2007-2010 and their families still have no answers. Whether or not the police did their best is not my call to make, but there is time. People know what happened to these women. They don’t just disappear. Everyone needs to read this story, because this demographic is highly targeted for crime and highly stereotyped and disregarded. You can’t read this book and not come away feeling like these girls deserved so much more. Thousands have stories just like this that aren’t being written into books or Netflix shows, and we need to educate ourselves on what’s happening. Reading Lost Girls is a great first step.
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I wanted to love it. It read just like the best parts of the Netflix series, but with a greater depth to the characters and their thoughts/perspectives.
SPOILER: In both the show and this book, Daphne explicitly goes against Simon’s wishes and assaults him. Neither of them were perfect in this situation. Simon lied to her face, but that is in no way a reason for her to push him sexually like she did. IF this moment would have led to more conversations about what happened, it may have been a great conversation starter about marital rape. But it, along with every other issue that came up between Simon and Daphne, was swept under the rug.
Only a few pages after this, Simon and Daphne talk about having children and he goes from never wanting children to promising her they’ll have some. Then in the epilogue we find out that they had 4 in the first 4 years of their marriage. As someone who’s struggled with whether or not I want kids, that seemed like a quick and unrealistic jump brought on more by her pressuring him than anything else.
Again, I wanted to fall in love with this book/series, and did up until that point. Too many things were ignored and avoided. This isn’t a healthy relationship, and it certainly isn’t one that makes me swoon. Daphne turned into a bit of a manipulator, and even though Quinn wrote Simon as happy, I imagine there would be some resentment over all that happened and was left unsaid in a real relationship.
SPOILER: In both the show and this book, Daphne explicitly goes against Simon’s wishes and assaults him. Neither of them were perfect in this situation. Simon lied to her face, but that is in no way a reason for her to push him sexually like she did. IF this moment would have led to more conversations about what happened, it may have been a great conversation starter about marital rape. But it, along with every other issue that came up between Simon and Daphne, was swept under the rug.
Only a few pages after this, Simon and Daphne talk about having children and he goes from never wanting children to promising her they’ll have some. Then in the epilogue we find out that they had 4 in the first 4 years of their marriage. As someone who’s struggled with whether or not I want kids, that seemed like a quick and unrealistic jump brought on more by her pressuring him than anything else.
Again, I wanted to fall in love with this book/series, and did up until that point. Too many things were ignored and avoided. This isn’t a healthy relationship, and it certainly isn’t one that makes me swoon. Daphne turned into a bit of a manipulator, and even though Quinn wrote Simon as happy, I imagine there would be some resentment over all that happened and was left unsaid in a real relationship.
