The way it's executed is a bit too flat i think. In his explanation and 'giving Poppy back' he ends as a 'did mistakes but has good intentions guy'.

The ending with Floyd was as well not really smooth in line with the first part of the book. it didn't do anything to the story in my opinion. The way it was written - as you said 'tidy' - seemed made up and was just not bothering me at all. Yes I have similar feelings about the plot as you guys have.Įspecially the letter / note from Ellie, it was just so unnecessary. I do think the plot has a lot of potential, I just don't feel it was executed very well. I think all the characters were represented well. I did like the character development, especially between Ellie's mom and dad as it related to myself and my experiences. I don't want to sound like I am bashing this book, because I'm not. Then she got her hamsters? Then she got her pregnant? Then she was pampering her, bringing her gifts, then she starved her? And then I feel like the author wasn't sure how to end it, so she just said 'Noelle locked the door and didn't go back for a long long time.' For example, she abducted her, and told her of this 'big plan'. But it seemed like a bunch of events were just thrown in and mashed together. I get it, Noelle is supposed to be a crazy lady. But with a book like this, I would have expected more.proof? More proof that kept us thinking that things happened one way, so when the truth was revealed it was more shocking.ĥ) The abduction of Ellie seemed like it was all thrown together with no real binding material. I understand part of the book was supposed to have twists and turns, thus the investigation could not have gone too deep. I understand Poppy wasn't ACTUALLY his daughter, but what father just leaves their daughter like that? At least without a good reason.Ĥ) The whole police investigation was spotty. There wasn't much explanation as to how it happened.ģ) I feel like the author didn't know what to do with Floyd after the truth was discovered, so she just made him run away. I numbered them so it's a little easier to see my thoughts.ġ) So Noelle had this big plan to capture Ellie, there was so much build up, and then she just.let her die? I understand that's the point of the book, Ellie is dead, but I expected more reasoning behind it.Ģ) How exactly did Noelle get her pregnant? I understand she 'took sperm from some random guy' but I must have missed the part where Ellie was passed out enough for her to do this. But it seemed like a lot of the material was an after thought, or the author didn't know how to finish her ideas. Don't get me wrong, I really did enjoy this book.

The she was gone book