Kristen Wickfield

The first book was excellent, the 2nd book was good, and this book was awful. There was way too much focus on the PTSD side effects, it was almost cut and paste it repeated it so much. Pip was strong, smart, and fearless in the first 2 books and in the 3rd she becomes a closet drug addict (lame), is riddled with dark drawn out thoughts that go nowhere, and makes stupid decisions. Hawkins mentions to her about his first traumatic experience and how he got over it but instead of drawing strength from that or taking his advice she spirals into self pity and lashes out. It started to get interesting when the DT killer was introduced but quickly fizzled out, it didn’t spend enough time telling the story like the 2nd book didn’t elaborate enough on Child Brunswick. It spent more time describing taking a screw out than it did trying to hide the fact it was Jason Bell. Like she couldn’t figure that out? She leaves his house and immediately gets a phone call and doesn’t think oh it might be him? And Andy’s email, she couldn’t wonder if it might be Jason? The part where she randomly starts walking down a country road, knowing she’s about to be abducted that day, was so frustrating. Not telling her parents, and not telling Hawkins about the printer evidence was so unrealistic. I couldn’t go on after she convinces Ravi to hide her “crime” - it was self defence, there was tons of evidence with her fingerprints in the trunk and his burner phone, the duct tape etc. The fact Ravi is in pre law and went along with it just made me stop the madness and quit reading. The mystery was solved, I didn’t find a point to finishing her covering up an incredibly stupid lie. Plus what about the innocent guy in jail? And his mom, she just got forgotten about? The story could’ve been so much better!! One star.