The Girl I Used to Be
When Olivia's mother was killed, everyone suspected her father of murder. But his whereabouts remained a mystery. Fast forward fourteen years. New evidence now proves Olivia's father was actually murdered on the same fateful day her mother died. That means there's a killer still at large. It's up to Olivia to uncover who that may be. But can she do that before the killer tracks her down first?
- Pages
- 230
- First published
- 2016
- Language
- English
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Reviews
Finished December 12, 2022
The concept for this story, albeit a tad overused, was great. Just the execution and overall pacing felt off. A solid 80% of the book is buildup, just Olivia/Ariel snooping around her old hometown and having a few unsavory encounters with its residents. All of the action is packed into the last 30ish pages and moves at an extremely fast pace compared to the rest of the book. The whole concept of someone trying to stop her throughout the investigation doesn't show at all until the end. "But the killer is even more determined to stop her." Yeah, that didn't happen until he decided to throw her name into the police records and oh, would you look at that, she's actually the kid of the people you murdered and now it's a problem. This idea really should have been explored much earlier with active attempts to throw her off the trail. Basically, good concept with bad execution. I understand now why this book was only $3 at my local used bookstore.