Then She Was Gone

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As Laurel continued to dig more, she will reach to a dangerous point of no return and she’ll wish to stop before taking more steps.

Thank you to NetGalley, Ariele Friedman, Atria Books and Lisa Jewell for a complimentary copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. Jewell builds a gripping novel around a maze of dark secrets, a tautly wound psychological thriller in which the suspense builds slowly. Fully recommended Dorset Echo I thoroughly enjoyed this story and the ending was very touching and satisfying for me. Would recommend! The interesting fact is the way of disappearance of Noelle reminds of her the way of disappearance of her own daughter. From Noelle's perspective, in the past) After Noelle kidnaps Ellie, she keeps her in the basement. She gives her the hamsters as pets. One day, she drugs her and soon Ellie realizes she's pregnant. Noelle pretends to Floyd that she's pregnant. However, a month before the baby is due, Floyd breaks it off anyway.Laurel was happy when she met Floyd, but when she met his nine-year-old daughter Poppy, she realized that Poppy looked exactly like her sister Ellie. Laurel healed from the past and found herself enjoying life again with Floyd. She forgave her ex-husband Paul, spent time with her elderly mother and started to build a relationship with Hanna. She realized that she had always seen Hanna as a consolation prize for not having Ellie in her life anymore instead of seeing Hanna as an amazing person in her own right. I would listen to a friend's concerns, regardless if she believed in Mother Nature or the Great Pumpkin. The reasons behind Ellie’s disappearance come to light through Ellie’s POV. Her mother, Laurel, also has a main voice in the story.

He makes mention about what a schlub he is and how incredible Laurel is just for giving him the time of day. MY THOUGHTS: I loved this book. I love Lisa Jewell's writing. I love her characters. I wanted, so badly, to know what happened, but I wanted the book never to end. I think I am addicted. I have started another of this author's books straight away. And I seldom, if ever, do that. The book opens from Ellie’s point of view ten years earlier. Life is going great for Ellie. She’s doing well in school and the boy she’s had her eye on seems to like her too. Her future is bright. In this dark and captivating novel, the different strands slowly but surely come together, and the result is that rare thing – a thriller that will break your heart’ Metro

Jewell teases out her twisty plot at just the right pace, leaving readers on the edge of their seats. Her multilayered characters are sheer perfection, and even the most astute thriller reader won’t see where everything is going until the final threads are unknotted.” — Booklist, starred review For this review and our full Traveling Sister review please visit Brenda and Norma’s fabulous blog:

Floyd and Noelle are both characters with some obsessive tendencies. What other similarities do they share, and in what ways are they different? Were you able to sympathize with either or both of them? Ellie, a conscientious teenager, and the apple of her mother's eye, left to visit the library and was never seen or heard from again. Laurel, Ellie's mother, couldn’t understand how her other children and her husband were able to move on with their lives without knowing what happened to Ellie. Laurel's life stalled, her marriage fell apart and the relationship with her two remaining children is strained.His constant praise of how gorgeous and stunning and amazing Laurel is is nearly just as creepy as him keeping silent about Poppy. In Lisa Jewell’s thriller Then She Was Gone (2017), an ordinary London family is shattered by the mysterious disappearance of the youngest of three children, a bright, beautiful girl. Ten years later, new evidence is uncovered that the missing teenager was not simply a runaway as supposed, but a pawn in a disturbing plot. Principal characters In chapters from Ellie’s perspective, she repeatedly brings up the subject of blame, thinking of all the moments that led to what happened to her and what she “should” have done differently, or what others could have done to save her. As you read, did you find yourself blaming characters for the unforeseen consequences of the choices they made? If so, in which situations? Is it not more believable than a regular person saying she didn't like Floyd because he gave her the heebie-jeebies?