Then She Was Gone

Product Information

It is hard to read the despair and feelings of inadequacies that the family members encounter and at one point it was a little hard for me to continue. heres what i think for this one: floyd was involved in ellies disappearance (i dont think it will be a kidnapping, but maybe manipulated to run away? Then She was Gone is not about what happened to Ellie, it’s more about the how and the why she disappeared, as well as the after-effects of her disappearance on her family.

He makes mention about what a schlub he is and how incredible Laurel is just for giving him the time of day. While it was at times intriguing and I needed to know how things were gonna end, by the end of the book I just found myself annoyed, even now as I'm writing this review I am annoyed lol. This was a quick read but unlikable and ridiculous, hard to believe characters made it difficult for me to believe a word.

She is shocked to see that his youngest daughter, Poppy has a strong resemblance to her daughter, Ellie. Now ten years later, Laurel is willing to take a shot at having a life and love again a series of events will send her reeling.

There were too many unanswered questions and she just knew that Ellie wouldn't simply walk away from the life she loved.I intended to spend 90 minutes reading on a weekend afternoon to have a relaxing break from some outside chores. THEN SHE WAS GONE by LISA JEWELL is a breathtaking, thrilling, unputdownable, and suspenseful psychological thriller novel that had me totally engrossed and interested right from the very first page. It's a shame, though, that we know a major aspect of Ellie's fate almost immediately, seeing as this is probably what I would have cared about most. Brooks presents a case for making room for Bigfoot in the world while peppering his narrative with timely social criticism about bad behavior on the human side of the conflict: The explosion of Rainier might have been better forecast had the president not slashed the budget of the U.

But, when Laurel finally gets to meet Poppy, she is unnerved by the uncanny resemblance to her daughter, Ellie. I can’t wait to read more titles by this author and already have 2 of them on my library waiting list.Laurel, Ellie's mother, is struggling to get her life back on track and save her relationships with her two remaining children. If the author can find just the right combination of these things, then I will be right there ready to throw more stars their way. Jewell teases out her twisty plot at just the right pace, leaving readers on the edge of their seats. And again with Floyd it seemed like one too many things there that I'm not entirely sure how we should feel about it.

Multiple other studies show different results with people's rational brain fully developed before or after this age. If a person who beholds the concept of unconditional love falls in love with a Narcissist, then the first person's life will be totally destroyed. Is it not more believable than a regular person saying she didn't like Floyd because he gave her the heebie-jeebies? A guilt trip is a type of emotional manipulation to make others think or do certain things in a particular way. Personally, I feel like the author attempted one too many pieces to this puzzle and it just felt like too much.I caught myself several times on the verge of getting emotional when reading the story of Laurel, whose daughter, Ellie, was kidnapped at age 15 and later found dead. When she meets his teenage daughter, she can’t shake the feeling of how much she reminds her of her beloved Ellie. As soon as their relationship become serious and she forms true bounding with Poppy, she surprisingly finds out the birth mother Noelle of Poppy who left her is the same woman who has tutored her daughter Ellie. Lisa Jewell is a brilliant storyteller and I will be recommending this book for an emotional, suspenseful, and captivating read. Ten years later, her mother finds new love (divorced her ex-husband though they still remain friends) and slowly learns of connections to her missing child who was feared dead.