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*I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.*
Back story: Maureen is a young girl who moves to a beach town and tries to fit in. Inevitably she vanishes. Years later, Allison moves to the same town to put the pieces of her own life together, and gets sucked into the mystery of what happened to Maureen.
I really wanted to like this book more than I did. It had all the elements I usually like: mystery, dbag exes, multiple points of view, but I just didn't. For one thing I figured out what went down long before I got to the end of the book, which could have just been because I've read a ton of thrillers lately and my mind is just already down that dark path, not necessarily because it was too easy to figure out.
I really liked Maureen as a character, even though knowing she didn't survive throughout the book made that bittersweet. I was thoroughly amused that the roller derby nickname for the librarian was the "spine cracker". I even felt like I connected fairly well with Allison, although I felt closer to Maureen. I was glad that the victims got the ending they deserved, so it wasn't a total hatred of a book, it just wasn't my favorite.
I can totally see this being a book for people who like thrillers. I already know a few patrons I'd recommend it to. "One Night Gone" was published in October, so check it out on the shelves if you're looking for a book to take your mind off things!
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