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Debbie Metzger

How could you forget

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 10, 2023

Very good read with a twist

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Not my favourite book by her

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 6, 2022

I am a huge fan of Karin Slaughter books but didn’t find this one to be one of her better novels. The storyline lost my interest more than once, but I still finished it.

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Not my favourite book by her

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 6, 2022

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I am a huge fan of Karin Slaughter books but didn’t find this one to be one of her better novels. The storyline lost my interest more than once, but I still finished it.

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Michelle

Book, Forgotten

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 26, 2023

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I need to preface this review by saying I love Karin Slaughter’s work. Especially the Will Trent books. This book must have been written by someone else and Karin just signed her name on the cover. The quality is no where near her usual standards. I’ll try to give a brief synopsis of the fractured and poorly developed plot.

Andrea has just completed her Marshall training and is immediately shipped off to secretly investigate and solve the 40 year old murder of a federal judge’s pregnant teenage daughter, Emily. Her “cover” for the investigation is protection of the judge herself, who has received death threats. You might be wondering why a newly graduated deputy with ZERO experience would be sent to guard and investigate an important government official.

Let me enlighten you - Andrea’s father (who is rotting in prison for a vague crime involving fraud and cults), was the suspected father of Emily’s bastard baby (yes that term was actually used in a modern setting) and possible murderer of Emily.

He was never convicted and went on to found a cult and commit dastardly deeds in between impregnating Andrea’s mother and terrorizing his new family. Their story was never fleshed out, just alluded to throughout the book in the most confusing way that served no purpose except to tie him to Andrea.

Emily’s story is told in flashbacks, with Andrea as the modern day narrator. It was so unbelievably bad I had to force myself to keep reading. All the male characters are cut from the same cloth. Completely interchangeable. I honestly couldn’t tell them apart. They were each 1 dimensional, evil misogynists ALL THE TIME. The only exception was Bible (yes that’s really his name) Andrea’s partner in the USMC. Andrea also has a forgettable love interest who … yeah I can’t even remember one thing about him.

Having grown up in the 80’s, I have clear recollection of the culture at that time. Karin clearly has confused 1982/3 with the societal attitude of the 1950’s. I knew several girls in high school who “caught” pregnant. Sure, people were disapproving. No one ostracized them, told them not to name the fathers which would “ruin that poor boy’s life”, and I can’t imagine a medical professional acting the way the doctor did in this book. It bothered me deeply to see that time so badly portrayed.

I won’t say anything else about the plot because I am not about spoilers, although I don’t know why anyone would want to pick up this book and read it. I gave it two stars because there were a few moments (mostly when Andrea was telling the story) that were entertaining and interesting.

There are lots of other Karin Slaughter books to choose from. Read one of those instead. I plan on forgetting this one.

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The Cookster @ Reviewer ranking #31

Good - though perhaps more drawn out than it really needed to be.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 30, 2022

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Rating: 3.3/5

I have not read "Pieces of Her", nor have I seen the Netflix adaptation of it, so I came to this book with no prior knowledge of the character of Andrea Oliver. If you find yourself in the same situation, then I am pleased to say that I didn't find that it was a barrier to enjoying "Girl, Forgotten" in its own right. Of course, it is perfectly possible that readers familiar with book one may have been able to appreciate certain elements more fully, but Karin Slaughter does a perfectly decent job of introducing the essential background information into the narrative, so that new readers are put suitably in the picture. That aspect aside, the central mystery contained in "Girl, Forgotten" works perfectly well in isolation and does not require you to be familiar with the first book in the series.

There is a lot to like about this novel. The core structure is essentially that of a procedural (it cannot really be referred to as a "police procedural", because the investigating officers are US Marshals rather than police officers). The narrative alternates between two timeframes - the present day and the time around the murder of Emily Vaughn in 1982. I liked the nostalgic elements of the 1982 sections and readers of a certain age will, no doubt, take some pleasure in being reminded of some of the socio-cultural references made. I also admired the characterisation of the two lead investigators in the contemporary setting - Andrea Oliver and her experienced partner, Deputy Leonard "Catfish" Bible. The relationship and interaction between the two is skilfully portrayed and suggests that the author may have been laying the foundations for future books featuring this pair.

The aspect that I was less taken with was the pace of the novel. There were periods in the central block of the story when it felt more drawn out than it really needed to be and this detracted from the overall impact of the narrative. I have made a similar observation when reviewing Karin Slaughter's writing previously, so it does appear to be a deliberate stylistic choice on her part. Nonetheless, this is a well-structured and enjoyable story that is well worth adding to your reading list.

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Jacqueline

Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 15, 2023

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Not my kind of read

njkate

Confusing and overly convoluted

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 7, 2023

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Very intricate plot that seemed to go around in circles. Not enough back story on main character to give logical context. None of the characters were interesting and the narrative dragged in many places. Too many flashbacks that only added to the confusion. By the end, I didn't care "who done it"

jimgozz

Easy reading.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 26, 2023

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Nice book easy to take on board.

Shirley

slow starter

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 8, 2023

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Very slow and quite boring to begin with,but it picks up in the second half. Probably give this author a miss for a while.

Hilly

Lots of characters...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 31, 2023

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This is a good book, worth a read but not gripping until about half way through. It's difficult to remember all the different characters, not one of her best...

Louise Whitehall

Long Winded

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 3, 2023

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Some aspects of the novel were good but equally it was too long winded and went into too much detail which, I for one, skipped the pages It really could have been written in half the amount of pages it took. Not one of her best.

patsy

Repetitive

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 19, 2023

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I had actually read Pieces of Her but found this to be almost non believable in parts. A young marshal suddenly an art major with a vast knowledge to match her possible half sister whose work is weirdly thrust in the face of a government employee - there to protect her. The hideously over-egged flashback to her mother Emily from walking into the doctors door, 1980’s to the overlong repetition of her parents response. Esther, wavering from being supportive to calling her a filthy whore?

Back to today’s Esther who apparently has sought out the finer details of this new Marshall. Did this scrutiny apply to the other marshalls one wonders. And the absurdity of every person she meets knowing about her fake relationship with the Marshall from the previous book. Not up to standard for me to bother with much more.

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