#72 The Missing Girl

#72
The Missing Girl
Norma Fox Mazer
2007
284
YA - Fiction
3 out of 5
Harper Teen Review

The five Herbert sisters live their lives totally unaware of what is going on around them. They are each living out their own personal dramas totally self absorbed, that is until “the man” decides to treat them as his own personal flock of birds and follows their every move with disturbing fascination.

Told in a back and forth style you slowly see the predator mind calculate his next move and his justifications and the young girls are totally unaware of what is going on around them until it’s too late and the inevitable takes place.

This book starts very slow and doesn’t build steam until the very end which unfortunately is too late. The five sisters ranging in age from 17 to 11 all seem to have the same voice and it’s hard to keep them and their ages straight. Billed as a YA psychological thriller, I unfortunately wouldn’t call it either. It doesn’t go in depth enough and I was more bored than thrilled.

If I had my say, I wouldn’t include the very last chapter Funny and Sad and Scary, Too. It just seemed unnecessary.

HarperTeen Review Book Available February 5th, 2008