Then She Was Gone, Lisa Jewell

then she was gone book review

Summary:  A happy, well-loved teenager disappears one day, never to be found.   Her devastated parents divorce, her sister withdraws.  Ten years later, her mother starts a relationship with a lovely man, whose young daughter bears a striking resemblance to the missing teenager.  Co-incidence, or something more sinister?

Thoughts:  The author herself admitted the original manuscript was ‘bizarre’.  I’d love to read the original, before it was edited into the happy-ever-after story it then became.  Creepy and odd, yes, but in this day and age, unfortunately believable.  Mostly.  Don’t read the blurb or any reviews – go into it cold and you’ll find it much more enjoyable.  A shame the ending was rather predictable.

Book review Then She was Gone