Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie

Sophie McKenzie

Accelerated reader -

Interest level: ages 14+ (I’m younger than this - I would say it’s fine for 11 and up.) 

Rating 3.5/4

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Book Synopsis -

What if everything you thought of your life was a lie?

Lauren is adopted and eager to know more about her mysterious past. But when she discovers she may have been snatched from her real family as a baby, her whole life suddenly feels like a sham. Why will no one answer her questions? How can she find her biological parents? And could her adoptive parents really have been responsible for kidnaping her?

Running away from her family to seek out the truth, Lauren’s journey takes her deeper and deeper into danger as she realises that someone wants to stop her uncovering want really happened when she was a baby...at any costs...

My synopsis -

Lauren. She was adopted when she was three and has always known this. When she is given a homework about who she is, she starts to wonder, who is she? She knows that she is Lauren Mathews with brown hair and blue eyes but she doesn’t know who she is inside, or what her background is - the family that makes her who she is. So, when she is looking around to try and find something about herself, she stumbles across some missing people reports. One for a girl called Martha Lauren Purditt. It says that her birthday is March 12. That she would be 14 now. That she has brown hair and blue eyes. That she went missing September 8, a little less than 2 months before Lauren was adopted. This sparks confusion and a longing to know. And so it begins.  

Why I like this book?

I like this book because I am into very real, thriller type books. Things about murder, kidnapping, family problems, so basically books about things that happen but are not in our day-to-day lives. Funnily enough, from my reading taste, you would think I’m a bit of a dark person - but I'm not at all!

I think this book touched upon all the things that make me like a book. There were lots of plot twists and the plot was built up to really well. There were the odd clues scattered throughout about what could happen and once you finish reading you think about the clues you didn't realise were clues. This makes the whole story work really well - it was the perfect book for me and probably a lot of other people as well.

This is the type that you can’t put down - I read it non stop. I loved how the story turned out and I thought that it was very clever.

It made me cry more than I think it should have, it is just an amazing read. I loved the ending as it was incredible. It was very cleverly done, especially the last sentence. 

I love the way Sophie writes, all three books in this series are incredible and so emotional. 

How much I would rate this book

⭐⭐⭐⭐

I rated this book 4 stars because in some places it was very emotional. I think it was very cleverly written.

My favourite character: 

My favourite character is Madison. She’s my favourite character as I love the way she has a special connection with Lauren. I think she was portrayed really well.

I would 100% recommend this book to anyone who loves a good YA thriller.

Once you read this book you’ll never be able to forget about it, it’s one that will stick with you and help you to be determined and to not give in even though it can get hard.