Vanishing Girls

OVERVIEW:

Dara and Nick used to be inseparable, but that was before the accident that left Dara's beautiful face scarred and the two sisters totally estranged. When Dara vanishes on her birthday, Nick thinks Dara is just playing around. But another girl, nine-year-old Madeline Snow, has vanished, too, and Nick becomes increasingly convinced that the two disappearances are linked. Now Nick has to find her sister, before it's too late.

In this edgy and compelling novel, Lauren Oliver creates a world of intrigue, loss, and suspicion as two sisters’ search to find themselves, and each other.

REVIEW: 

Vanishing girls is a story about two sisters Dara and Nick, it tells the story on how both sisters grew up really close and how their personalities are the exact opposite. Dara is the youngest one, and she is also the wild one. Dara always thinks that Nick gets everything and she gets none, she likes being the center of attention. Nick on the other hand is the “perfect one”... She’s older than Dara by 11 months but she really acts like the big sister. They both grew up very close with their friend Parker... His role in the story is that he is the guy best friend of Dara and Nick, but he’s more close to Nick and that makes Dara feel left out… Anyway Parker plays a big role on the sisters strained relationship.

Nick and Dara both got in a car accident and after that both sisters stopped talking to each other and they just stopped being sisters in a way… Then there’s Madeline Snow, the 9 year old who went missing in their town. Her story of course has a connection with Dara and Nick.  

I liked the story, even though I don't have a sister I can still connect with the characters and how much it affects you when you have a big fight with your sibling/s. I don't really like the story of the missing girl and how it’s connected to Dara and Nick; I just thought that the author could have done a better job connecting the characters. The ending I must say was I didn't really saw that coming.. Or I was just having a slow moment or whatever. This book has a little bit mystery, not really a thriller and just a dash of family drama with a set of very dysfunctional parents.

RATING:

4.0