All the Missing Girls

I had a very hard time with this book.  It is written backwards.  That makes it choppy, disjointed, difficult to follow, and confusing.  Almost 70 to 80 % of the book is this way.  The characters were not likable.  The end of the book was better.  The pace was faster, it was easy to understand, and I liked the plot at the end.

This book was okay for me. As someone who struggles with ADHD and memory, I was constantly feeling like I was missing things. I couldn't remember characters or the plot due to the backwards telling of the story. While I love the idea of the crime being told backwards, it was incredibly hard to remember over the span of days. If I had to read the book again I would wait until I had one full day to dedicate to it. This is a book that I feel would have been better had I read it in one sitting.

Recensie van audioboek (via Storytel)

Het verhaal werd achterwaarts verteld, waardoor het soms wel moeilijk volgen was. Door deze stijl voelde ik mij eigenlijk ook nooit betrokken bij het verhaal of de personages. Telkens we terug een dag achterwaarts gingen, had ik het gevoel dat ik de personages opnieuw moest leren kennen. Los daarvan wel een behoorlijk verhaal, dat de gimmick eigenlijk niet nodig had.

This book hooked me almost immediately and I stayed up most of the night reading! Lots of twists and turns-and this is one I didn't figure out halfway through the book. Great characters. Believable dialogue. Enjoyed every minute I originally picked this up because I got an advanced copy of The Perfect Stranger but I loved this! I also already finished the second book review to come!

This book was somewhat hard to follow due to the timeline and how it goes backward. I wanted to stop listening halfway through but I trudged on to finish. The ending way okay. It wasn't that unbelievable or that great of a reveal to the secrets of the past. Nicolette's cheating on Everett with her old boyfriend seemed like overkill, but it was made necessary to the plot which made it all worse.

I really wanted to like this one. I loved the creativity with the backwards timeline reading but it still fell flat for me. The entire book was build up and the ending felt completely rushed and parts of it didn't make sense as part of the twist. I had issues with the MC too and just didn't like her. This is the 2nd one for me by this author and while I love her storylines it seems a pattern of slow reading and rushed endings.

Ini pertama kalinya aku membaca sebuah buku dimana plotnya merupakan plot mundur secara konsisten. Awalnya memang kejadian masa kini, kemudian melompat ke 15 hari setelahnya. Selanjutnya momen2 harian diceritakan berurut secara terbalik, hari ke-14, ke-13 hingga hari ketika semuanya dimulai.
Misterinya memang menarik, namun pengungkapannya kurang spektakuler menurutku. Plot twist sebenarnya bias lenih menarik lagi, siapa sebenarnya yg membunuh Corrine ataupun Annalaise. Setelah Gone Girl maupun Dangerous Girls plot twist All The Missing Girls terasa kurang menggigit. Namun gk berarti aku gk suka. Buku ini termasuk favoritku, jarena plot mundurnya tadi.
Ada satu hal yg juga sangat berkesan. Buku ini bukan novel romance, namun kisah antara Nic & Tyler diungkapkan sedemikian rupa sehingga terasa menyentuh. Yap gk harus romance ala Sparks untuk mengungkapkan suatu kisah cinta yg indah, suatu kisah yg cukup realistic pun bisa indah.
Buku ini bahkan tidak berfokus pada Nic - Tyler, namun berfokus pada masa lalu Nic, apa2 yg telah dia tinggalkan ketika dia meninggalkan kampung halamannya 10 thn lalu, tanpa menoleh kebelakang. Kita akan diajak untuk melihat apa yg telah hilang dari hidup Nic 10 tahun lalu, kakak, sahabat & kekasih masa SMA nya yg semuanya terhubung kembali dgn hilangnya 2 org gadis.