Book: Then She Was Gone, Lisa Jewell

This was the first Lisa Jewell book I read. I've seen a few of her books recommended on TikTok. 

Took this out at the library earlier this week. 

The premise of the story is that 15 year old Ellie, is a golden child. She does well at school, and wants to do well at her upcoming GCSE's. She is worried about maths, so asks her mom for a math tutor. Just before writing her exams, Ellie disappears. It's a very bizarre story. 

There are a number of things that irritated me about this book. 

One of the key things that irritated me is that apparently the mother had read Ellie journals many times, but never picked up that she didn't like her maths tutor. Also, the tutor was never questioned, which I am pretty sure is highly unlikely in a missing persons investigation. Surely everyone that was close to the child would be questioned? Also, the mom found stuff that she doesn't report. Those things really irritated me. 

I get that some of the chapters are written focussing on different time lines, but sometimes the 'now' was written in present tense and sometimes not. 

I did not like this book, the only thing that was good is that it didn't take me too long to read it, so not too much time was wasted reading it. 

2.5/5