“Eighth grade is like Lord Of The Flies but with eyeliner.”
― Holly Brown, Don't Try to Find Me

This nook has been compared to "Reconstructing Amelia" but it really isn't anything like that book or Gone girl so do not buy into the type. However it is good. It is also every Parents worst nightmare so if you are a parent..you have been warned!

Marley is 14 years old. One morning she just..vanishes. Her parents are terrified. She leaves nothing behind except this chilling note :

"Don't try to find me".

Well that is a powerful start! And the book is good. It is a bit slow moving at times but very well written and CHILLING .

The book switches POVS like so many books do these days. One of the POVS is Marley herself. Some reviewers did not like the fact that we, the reader, follow Marley and her w hereabouts are not a mystery..to us. But I liked the whole format of the book.

And it is heartbreaking in its way. I would strongly recommend it. In fact I was surprised by some of the low ratings. My attention never wandered and I liked the switching back and forth between the daughter and the parents.

It was creepy without being flat out scary and I found it to be a quick interesting read.

SPOILERS:

You do have some things happen that are hard to believe. I do not believe that a man like the villain in this book would drive her to the hospital but stranger things have happened. I did enjoy how the daughter and mom came together at the end and I enjoyed this book. ( )

Was not surprised on how this story wrapped up, at all. The naïveté of the protagonist was EXCRUCIATING. ( )

I picked this book up at the annual TLA conference. What a gripping story line. As a mom in my mid 30's raising a fourteen year old I was able to completely relate to the mothers struggles and emotions. I was also able to connect with Marley's thoughts and feelings and caught myself thinking back to myself as a 14 year old so eager to grow up and fall in love. This book is worth reading and will be added to my library when it is released.
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I kept plodding along with this book hoping that it would get better. My fellow reviewers have expressed my feelings about it better than I could. Definitely not a thriller, but rather a book about a dysfunctional family and how they are all affected when the 14 year old daughter runs away. ( )

This book was incredibly unbelievable. I know she's only 14 but this kid is seriously naive. That's all I really have to say about it. ( )