A review by taylorhathcock
Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

4.0

I love when a book starts off with some vague life changing moment that it will later explain. However, I don't love nearly as much when it's the whole premise of the book to an extent. I enjoyed this book don't get me wrong but there were so many times while reading that it was just irritating how much wasn't actually being said. We get three points of view and each of them has secrets. Julia's is the only perspective in my opinion that didn't read super weird for the most part. The other two perspectives are a bit strange until the characters are able to reveal their big secret within the narrative because everything they say has to be vague and implied. 
 I have to admit that the twists didn't really surprise me much in this one. I think they ended up being pretty clear from the tone of the writing. However, the author does a pretty good job of making you second guess your assumptions for a bit. I think the most interesting dynamic in this story was truly the lengths that parents will go to when it concerns their child. It really is the root of all of the problems that arise for the characters. I thought at times the book was a bit too long and could've sped up the pace by not stretching out the secrets so long. I will admit the actual ending was the only thing I didn't see coming the entire time. I did feel like most of the end was rushed given how much time was spent on the build up. Overall though I think it was an engaging story.