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Carregando... Before She Disappeared: A Novel (edição: 2021)de Lisa Gardner (Autor)
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Thriller Frankie Elkin, an alcoholic and long-suffering self-hater, spends her days searching for missing people. No, she's not a cop, doesn't carry a gun, or has any special skills. But she does have street smarts and a lot of bravado. Why does she risk her life trying to find people she's never met? That's for the reader to figure out, but I think she's punishing herself for past sins. The story is exciting but repetitive and not wholly believable. If the plots get better, I believe Frankie is a compelling enough character to deserve further interest. Racist. Classist. Cliche. Queerbaiting. Copaganda. How is this a 2021 bestseller? Are there really that many conservative white women who read books? I stuck with it because I thought the problematic elements would go away eventually, because there is a decent mystery and character underneath, but the problems just get worse. Before She Disappeared (Frankie Elkin, #1) By Lisa Gardner A fascinating, compelling story moving at a steady pace. With attention to detail, engaging dialog and a likable female protagonist. Frankie is a middle-aged (recovering) alcoholic. She is battling her inner demons, yet she is determined to make a difference in the world. She searches for missing people, those the rest of society seems to have forgotten . Tension slowly rise, secrets come to surface, as Frankie slowly uncovers the truth. Thought provoking intriguing, emotional. I was hooked from the first page until the last. Lisa Gardner knows how to grab your attention and bring you deep into the story. Overall I found Before She Disappeared enjoyable , I highly recommend to all. Just because the book was somewhat self-aware of Frankie's white saviourism, doesn't take away from the fact that it's literally about a white woman who saves the day in a predominantly Haitian immigrant community. It just wasn't very realistic, the characters were so one-dimensional that calling them characters is a bit of a stretch (like, we have one recovering alcoholic who can't stay in one place, one hardass bar-owner, an "astute" teenage boy who is wiser than his years, and the older sister caretaker figure). Even the cat had no personality. It literally ends with "I am who I am sux 2 suck" (i.e., no character development). Pertence à sérieFrankie Elkin (1) Prêmios
Fiction.
Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML:THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner, a propulsive thriller featuring an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing to find the missing people that the rest of the world has forgotten Frankie Elkin is an average middle-aged woman, a recovering alcoholic with more regrets than belongings. But she spends her life doing what no one else willâ??searching for missing people the world has stopped looking for. When the police have given up, when the public no longer remembers, when the media has never paid attention, Frankie starts looking. A new case brings her to Mattapan, a Boston neighborhood with a rough reputation. She is searching for Angelique Badeau, a Haitian teenager who vanished from her high school months earlier. Resistance from the Boston PD and the victim's wary family tells Frankie she's on her ownâ??and she soon learns she's asking questions someone doesn't want answered. But Frankie will stop at nothing to discover the truth, even if it means the next person to go missing could b Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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