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“when i ordered this book for my young adult collection i thought it had potential. it wasn't what i expected. the concept of reading from different perspectives was good, but i found fancy's chapters hard to read and at times irrelevant. the chapters told from the kidnapper's perspective were creepy and almost simplistic like the man didn't think like an adult. he thought like a child which made it even creepier (is this how child molesters truly think? i have no idea). the book is reviewed in the journals as a thriller but i felt like it never got going. it built up to the kidnapping and that lasted only a few chapters until autumn escaped and then the book was over. the kidnapper committing suicide was massively unsatisfactory (he should have been prosecuted - he didn't deserve the easy out of death) and autumn's situation seemed too neatly resolved by the end of the book. that child has years of therapy ahead of her but the book made it seem like, oh the kidnapping episode is over, you're fine now. i would have liked to see some chapters told from stevie's perspective and also mim. they were two very interesting characters whose stories never got completely told.”
Anita W wrote this review Saturday, August 9 2008.
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