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The Leaving
What's it about?
Eleven years ago, six kindergarteners went missing without a trace. After all that time, the people left behind moved on, or tried to.
Until today. Today five of those kids return. They're sixteen, and they are . . . fine. Scarlett comes home and finds a mom she barely recognizes, and doesn't really recognize the person she's supposed to be, either. But she thinks she remembers Lucas. Lucas remembers Scarlett, too, except they're entirely unable to recall where they've been or what happened to them. Neither of them remember the sixth victim, Max. He doesn't come back. Everyone wants answers. Most of all Max's sister Avery, who needs to find her brother--dead or alive--and isn't buying this whole memory-loss story.
My Thoughts:
I loved this book until we actually figured out the mystery. Like WHAT?! Seriously? That's how this is gonna end? It was almost like the author got bored of the story and was just like "Aight. I'm done. Peace." It was so weird.
The books opening was so gripping and It automatically drew me in. The beginning was absolutely fantastic. But, unfortunately that was the only part of the book that I liked. Everything else honestly annoyed me. Just the ignorance of EVERYONE! None of them had PTSD which I would be surprised if someone was kidnapped for 11 years that they would come back perfectly fine...just not realistic.
I don't know. The beginning was one of the best openings to a book that I've ever read, but the ending was one of the worst. How is that possible?
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