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The Lost Ones |
Genre: thriller set in Vancouver
My review: Nora Watts is an interesting and unusual main character who gets our sympathy because of the violence in her background as a mixed race young woman who grew up in the foster care system.
She is asked to find Bonnie, the child she gave up for adoption fifteen years earlier, whom she thought she would never see again. The adoptive parents have approached her, asking for her help to locate the missing teen. Nora is reluctant at first, but many characters help her, many others get in her way. The plot is complex, as are the characters, and I got to see a side of Vancouver and British Columbia I never knew. The writing is fluid and well executed. Five stars. The Lost Ones was just awarded Best New Novel at the Macavity Awards
Book beginning:The call comes in just after five in the morning. Page 56: Everything is in order, which means that the girl is at least too smart to leave clues behind.
I received this book as an ARC from the publisher
Also, the 12th Annual Canadian Book Challenge by The Indextrious Reader. |
12 comments:
I love books set in the Pacific Northwest. I will look for this one. My Friday Quotes
This does sound good. I would keep reading. This week I am spotlighting Burning Ridge by Margaret Mizushima. Happy reading!
Great opening lines! You had me at "growing up in foster care." Thanks for sharing, and here's mine: “GOOD LUCK WITH THAT”
Great! I hope you get a chance to read it!
Those opening lines do grab you!
So do I, though I've never gone north of San Francisco.
Sounds like a fantastic read! Happy weekend!
Thanks, Fredamans.
Absolutely nothing good can come from a really early morning call... great teaser!!
Here's my Friday post. Hope you're enjoying your weekend! x
A heck of a way to start a book!
stories about growing up in the system are so dark and emotional!
Interesting!
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