This weekend while lounging out in the sunshine, and accidentally getting a sunburn, I finally finished this book.
I highly recommend Still Missing by Chevy Stevens. It was so captivating, and extremely well written from a psychology perspective about a girl, Annie O’Sullivan, who was abducted by a “Freak” for a year. Each chapter is written in the form of a session with her therapist, so the reader knows she gets found. But what I loved the most was the voice it was written in. It gripped me from the first sentence, it was so real. Here is an exerpt of the first sentance:
You know, Doc, you’re not the first shrink I’ve seen since I got back. The one my family doctor recommended right after I came home was a real prize. The guy actually tried to act like he didn’t know who I was, but that was a pile of crap – you’d have to be deaf and blind not to. Hell, it seems like every time I turn around another asshole with a camera is jumping out of the bushes.
She recaps the disturbing details of the abduction and her survival, while providing insight to the post traumatic stress disorder she is going through with coming to terms with what happened and trying to figure out how to allow herself to re-enter into society. The writing is so raw and real her emotions are felt by the reader and you start feeling the same fear, hope, and anxiety as she does.
The first half of the book mostly covers the events of the abduction. It was painful to read, but at the same time I couldn’t stop, I was dying to know what happens. I enjoyed the second half of the book much more. It was less graphic and more suspenseful. Once she is back she tries figuring out why something like this would happen to her, and there are some very unexpected twists and turns when she finds out she may still be in danger.
Bottom line: It may not be a light read due to its subject but this book is spell bounding, shocking, touching, and suspenseful.
Overall review: ★ ★ ★★ (really liked it)
I think this book would freak me out! I always feared someone breaking in to the house and taking me during the night.
haha true! at first that scared me but by the end you find out why and see that her situation wasn’t random and it happened to her for a reason that hopefully wouldn’t happen to you!
This may be a book worth trying, any others you can recommend please let me know ;0) I dont follow best selling list so I find a hard time picking the ‘best’ ones….
Ah I knew I recognized this book – I did read it! Lol so funny when you can’t remember if you’ve read a book or not. She’s a real estate agent, right? Gets kidnapped at an open house? I remember buying it because it is set on Vancouver Island – just a ferry ride away from me here in Van. For some reason that made me buy it haha, and it freaked me out more because you always think Van Island is so safe living here! Anyway I’m glad you liked it – I really liked it too, the way it was revealed through therapy sessions. Really smart writing and plan to it too!
haha yes!! that’s the one! totally twisted, but a really great read!
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Sounds like a good travel read. I love mysteries that keep me turning the pages when I’m flying.
Yes definitely, it is a good travel read because it’s quick and addicting!
I finished this book last month. It’s definitely a thriller and I was creeped out at the end. But I couldn’t stop reading!
I agree! It’s so weird to explain to someone that hasn’t read it and why it’s good, but a thriller is the best way to categorize it!
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I also enjoyed the second half of the book more. It was almost like an entirely different story because of the unexpected tangents!