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48 indices sur la disparition de ma s ur
When a woman mysteriously vanishes from her small town home, her sister must tally up the clues to uncover the truth behind the mystery.Beautiful sculptor Marguerite has disappeared from her small town in upstate New York. But was foul play involved? Did she merely get away for some fun? Or did she finally make the decision to leave behind her claustrophobic life of limited opportunities?Younger sister Gigi wonders if the flimsy silk Dior dress, so casually abandoned on the floor, is a clue to Marguerite's vanishing. The police puzzle over the footprints made by her Ferragamo boots, which end abruptly close to her home.Bit by bit, revelations about both women are uncovered, as Gigi, not so pretty as her sister, reveals her true feelings about the perfect, much-loved Marguerite. The fate of the missing beauty slowly and subtly comes to light In this suspenseful story about the complex relationship between two sisters.48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister is an exquisitely suspenseful tale from Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of Blonde and We Were the Mulvaneys.'This elegant, captivating tale is un-put-downable.' Publishers Weekly 'Perfect for all the Daisy Jones & the Six fans out there.' Katie Couric Media'Another masterpiece of storytelling.' Booklist'Not just a ripping good mystery, but a meticulous character study.' Los Angeles Magazine
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First published March 14, 2023
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Joyce Carol Oates
854 books9,644 followersJoyce Carol Oates is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her novels Black Water (1992), What I Lived For (1994), and Blonde (2000), and her short story collections The Wheel of Love (1970) and Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories (2014) were each finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She has won many awards for her writing, including the National Book Award, for her novel Them (1969), two O. Henry Awards, the National Humanities Medal, and the Jerusalem Prize (2019).
Oates taught at Princeton University from 1978 to 2014, and is the Roger S. Berlind '52 Professor Emerita in the Humanities with the Program in Creative Writing. From 2016 to 2020, she was a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where she taught short fiction in the spring semesters. She now teaches at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Oates was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2016.
Pseudonyms: Rosamond Smith and Lauren Kelly.
Oates taught at Princeton University from 1978 to 2014, and is the Roger S. Berlind '52 Professor Emerita in the Humanities with the Program in Creative Writing. From 2016 to 2020, she was a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where she taught short fiction in the spring semesters. She now teaches at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Oates was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2016.
Pseudonyms: Rosamond Smith and Lauren Kelly.
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October 15, 2024
I did not bond with the writing style of this book 😅
The book had a cool concept. It’s 48 chapters and there’s 48 clues about the disappearance of the main characters sister. So 1 clue each chapter. But the beginning felt so factual? Which was an odd and a boring read to me. Then suddenly it switched to telling the story of the disappearance. I liked that it finally switched to a story but it felt so abrupt that the writing style changed.
I also did NOT like the narrator 😭 and the ending was SO unsatisfying. I don’t want an unsatisfying ending to a mystery 😭😭😭. A rare 1 star from me 🫠
The book had a cool concept. It’s 48 chapters and there’s 48 clues about the disappearance of the main characters sister. So 1 clue each chapter. But the beginning felt so factual? Which was an odd and a boring read to me. Then suddenly it switched to telling the story of the disappearance. I liked that it finally switched to a story but it felt so abrupt that the writing style changed.
I also did NOT like the narrator 😭 and the ending was SO unsatisfying. I don’t want an unsatisfying ending to a mystery 😭😭😭. A rare 1 star from me 🫠
December 15, 2022
I have been reading Joyce Carol Oates books off and on for about 20 years. Her writing has certain themes, particularly trauma toward women and the disappearances or deaths of loved ones destroying people. She has been writing variations of this theme since 1964 with over 150 published books to her credit. She is now eighty-four, and it seems as if her production is still as steady as it has always been. The first book I read was The Tattooed Girl, when it was new in 2003, and it blew me away. The story, about a girl with a tattoo on her face who becomes an assistant to an aging author, even though her goal is to destroy him, was so incredible that I read several of her novels back to back. She has a certain style to her writing and a certain gothic creepiness that nobody else can duplicate. Since 2003, I have tried to keep up with some of her novels and collections here and there, but there really are just so many and there is so much to read in the world that sometimes her newest book slip through the cracks.
We can tell that 48 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister is a Joyce Carol Oates book just by the title. We already know that there has been some foul play to a young girl and that the narrator, the sister, is trying to cope with her disappearance. The thing is we do not know what direction Oates is going to take this idea. We learn quickly that the woman who disappeared is Marguerite, a beautiful woman who disappeared one morning and was not found. The narrator of the story, is Georgene, her younger, not as pretty or popular sister, works at the post office, lives in her childhood room, and is jealous and angry toward Marguerite and how their lives are completely different. When Marguerite disappears, these feelings are really amplified, making Georgene deal with these feelings as well as the strangers who are now trying to butt into her very private life. Two greatest things about Joyce Carol Oates is her character studies and her creepiness. In this case, the character Georgene is placed under a microscope and every thought, feeling, and action really explains her bitterness toward life. As far as creepiness, Oates writes many of her stories in a way that there feels like there is an undercurrent of evil in every character and in every character's actions.
This novel is written in 48 clues that adds to the story, but not all of the clues are physical things. Some are reactions, feelings, and behaviors. The mystery is how this all adds up. Clues in her novels never fit perfectly together, and it is up to the reader to decide what really happened to Marguerite. We are given the tools but we have to build the conclusions ourselves. This makes for a novel that is equal parts fascinating and disturbing. For as much as people like true crime podcasts and documentaries, it is a wonder why Joyce Carol Oates is not having a resurgence. Much of her fiction is built in a way where the reader is to draw their own conclusions. 48 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister is one of those mysteries that can really lead to a debate with a group of friends over what really happened to Marguerite, because the clues point to several possibilities. This is the type of fiction Oates has been writing for a long time, and this makes stories just as interesting now as they were decades ago.
I received this as an ARC through NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
We can tell that 48 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister is a Joyce Carol Oates book just by the title. We already know that there has been some foul play to a young girl and that the narrator, the sister, is trying to cope with her disappearance. The thing is we do not know what direction Oates is going to take this idea. We learn quickly that the woman who disappeared is Marguerite, a beautiful woman who disappeared one morning and was not found. The narrator of the story, is Georgene, her younger, not as pretty or popular sister, works at the post office, lives in her childhood room, and is jealous and angry toward Marguerite and how their lives are completely different. When Marguerite disappears, these feelings are really amplified, making Georgene deal with these feelings as well as the strangers who are now trying to butt into her very private life. Two greatest things about Joyce Carol Oates is her character studies and her creepiness. In this case, the character Georgene is placed under a microscope and every thought, feeling, and action really explains her bitterness toward life. As far as creepiness, Oates writes many of her stories in a way that there feels like there is an undercurrent of evil in every character and in every character's actions.
This novel is written in 48 clues that adds to the story, but not all of the clues are physical things. Some are reactions, feelings, and behaviors. The mystery is how this all adds up. Clues in her novels never fit perfectly together, and it is up to the reader to decide what really happened to Marguerite. We are given the tools but we have to build the conclusions ourselves. This makes for a novel that is equal parts fascinating and disturbing. For as much as people like true crime podcasts and documentaries, it is a wonder why Joyce Carol Oates is not having a resurgence. Much of her fiction is built in a way where the reader is to draw their own conclusions. 48 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister is one of those mysteries that can really lead to a debate with a group of friends over what really happened to Marguerite, because the clues point to several possibilities. This is the type of fiction Oates has been writing for a long time, and this makes stories just as interesting now as they were decades ago.
I received this as an ARC through NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
April 19, 2023
I don’t know. I just don’t. I don’t know about the book and I don’t know about my rating. Do I give this book a one or a two?
I should have DNF this one………
The main character was so incredibly annoying. She complained about everything and it irked me so much.
I think I hung on bc I wanted to see what happened to the sister who disappeared. But then the ending happened and uhhhhhhh what?
If you’re lost reading this review that’s the exact feeling I had reading this book.
Didn’t do it for me in the least bit. My first one star in a very long time.
I should have DNF this one………
The main character was so incredibly annoying. She complained about everything and it irked me so much.
I think I hung on bc I wanted to see what happened to the sister who disappeared. But then the ending happened and uhhhhhhh what?
If you’re lost reading this review that’s the exact feeling I had reading this book.
Didn’t do it for me in the least bit. My first one star in a very long time.
October 17, 2023
Father and I live alone in the big old house. I'd forgotten - Lena died several years ago, we have been searching for her replacement ever since. In the house, we live in just a few rooms. Most of the rooms are shut off. M's rooms remain untouched, awaiting her return.
JCO weaves her usual sharp and elusive magic here with a story that seems completely contemporary as G. recounts the 'clues' to the disappearance of her sister, M. Only, as we keep reading, more Gothic tropes are glimpsed from the side of our eye and the slippery narrative reveals slivers of unease that indicate a sub-text that never quite emerges fully into the light. Anyone who doesn't appreciate reading between the lines or who dislikes an open ending would be best avoiding this.
Typical JCO themes of families, art, violence against women are present but not necessarily in an expected way. The voice of G. is immaculate (I skipped between audio and book - and the narrator of the audiobook catches just the right slightly petulant tone, like a privileged scion from Gossip Girl): a 'mean girl' with both a darker and needier edge.
In the end, this reminded me of a modern version of the Victorian 'sensation' novel - and I loved the alchemy that JCO pulls off to merge contemporary and nineteenth century. Good for anyone wanting a more alternative approach to Halloween reading.
July 18, 2025
Joyce Carol Oates so rarely disappoints. I loved this story of the unlovely and, perhaps, unloved Georgene, born to money, but always living in the shadow of her beautiful, talented sister Marguerite…until Marguerite disappears. Is it foul play? Or related to the death of the girls’ mother?
Oates’s prose here reminds me of Flannery O’Connor, only more mannered. There’s this delicious menace throughout. I know the ratings for this are a mixed bag, but I loved it.
I borrowed this book from the library on board the Viking Orion headed from Vancouver to many ports in Alaska.
Oates’s prose here reminds me of Flannery O’Connor, only more mannered. There’s this delicious menace throughout. I know the ratings for this are a mixed bag, but I loved it.
I borrowed this book from the library on board the Viking Orion headed from Vancouver to many ports in Alaska.
January 4, 2024
Things I like about this book:
1. A lot of the chapters are very short.
2. There are 48 clues and each chapter is a clue. The first words of each chapter are italicized, indicating what the clue is. It's a nice touch.
Things I didn't like about this book:
1. The writing style. The sentences are sometimes staccato, sometimes run-on, sometimes long parenthetical statements. The sentence structure gets better in parts of the book but always contains a lot of parentheses and inevitably falls back to the staccato/run-on style that makes it difficult to read, pulls me out the story and had me re-reading many parts in an attempt to understand what it was I just read. I am not sure if this is how this author typically writes or if this was just how this character was written, but I wouldn't want to read this style again.
2. The main character is insufferable. Thoroughly unlikable. Unlikable characters aren't always a bad thing for me but this one just didn't work. At all.
3. The narrator is unreliable. So unreliable, I don't actually know what the hell happened in this story. I have some ideas, but there is nothing I can point to for confirmation, which further adds to my dislike.
4. The ending was ambiguous. I suffered through the whole thing for an ambiguous ending...I wish I could DNF books. If I had it in me, I would have quit this one by page 20.
I think there is an audience for this sort of story but I am definitely not a part of it.
1. A lot of the chapters are very short.
2. There are 48 clues and each chapter is a clue. The first words of each chapter are italicized, indicating what the clue is. It's a nice touch.
Things I didn't like about this book:
1. The writing style. The sentences are sometimes staccato, sometimes run-on, sometimes long parenthetical statements. The sentence structure gets better in parts of the book but always contains a lot of parentheses and inevitably falls back to the staccato/run-on style that makes it difficult to read, pulls me out the story and had me re-reading many parts in an attempt to understand what it was I just read. I am not sure if this is how this author typically writes or if this was just how this character was written, but I wouldn't want to read this style again.
2. The main character is insufferable. Thoroughly unlikable. Unlikable characters aren't always a bad thing for me but this one just didn't work. At all.
3. The narrator is unreliable. So unreliable, I don't actually know what the hell happened in this story. I have some ideas, but there is nothing I can point to for confirmation, which further adds to my dislike.
4. The ending was ambiguous. I suffered through the whole thing for an ambiguous ending...I wish I could DNF books. If I had it in me, I would have quit this one by page 20.
I think there is an audience for this sort of story but I am definitely not a part of it.
March 21, 2023
This book will really make you think. I racked my brain trying to figure out the mystery. We are given the clues to figure out why Marguerite disappeared but we are never told how or why she disappeared. It’s up to us to figure it out and based on the clues there are multiple interpretations for what happened. I have my own interpretation and I like to think I’m right. But maybe being right isn’t the point, since the truth is always so elusive. So, if you’re someone looking for a concrete answer at the end for why Marguerite disappeared, you won’t get it. This is open-ended as it gets. But we are given enough clues to try and decipher what happened and I think that’s the fun of it.
Our main character that we follow is Marguerite’s younger sister, Georgene. The Goodreads synopsis refers to her as Gigi but in the copy I read I don’t think she was ever referred to by that name. Only G for short. G is filled with rage and she has quite the complicated relationship with her sister. She is jealous of her sister even though she claims she’s not and she constantly refers to her sister as “Princess.” G is not a likable person in the slightest and she seems to have some mental health issues as well. She is also quite pathetic with how she behaves around certain men, but it’s also understandable why she would behave that way after receiving male attention for the first time in her life. I found it quite hard at times being in G’s head due to how much I disliked her but she was an interesting character nonetheless. This is my first Joyce Carol Oates book and I was pleasantly surprised by what I got. There’s layers to this mystery and all the clues added different elements. This might be a polarizing read for some if you want concrete answers, but I enjoyed the puzzle and the commentary in regards to art and the female body.
Our main character that we follow is Marguerite’s younger sister, Georgene. The Goodreads synopsis refers to her as Gigi but in the copy I read I don’t think she was ever referred to by that name. Only G for short. G is filled with rage and she has quite the complicated relationship with her sister. She is jealous of her sister even though she claims she’s not and she constantly refers to her sister as “Princess.” G is not a likable person in the slightest and she seems to have some mental health issues as well. She is also quite pathetic with how she behaves around certain men, but it’s also understandable why she would behave that way after receiving male attention for the first time in her life. I found it quite hard at times being in G’s head due to how much I disliked her but she was an interesting character nonetheless. This is my first Joyce Carol Oates book and I was pleasantly surprised by what I got. There’s layers to this mystery and all the clues added different elements. This might be a polarizing read for some if you want concrete answers, but I enjoyed the puzzle and the commentary in regards to art and the female body.
May 31, 2023
Interesting rambling tale. Reminds me a bit of the tale tale heart.
You can guess what happened to Marguerite even though Carol Oates is not explicit.
"48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister" has readers following a woman named Gigi who is still haunted by the disappearance of her sister almost 20 years before. The book follows Gigi's thought and feelings regarding her sister, Marguerite, and what her disappearing did not just to her, but to their father, and their hometown.
Each chapter starts off with a clue and some of them are not clues as much as it is Gigi's feelings surrounding her sister at times. And sometimes we get a sense of Gigi's true feelings about a lot of things. But you quickly have her doubling back on things. Also because of the narration you wonder how old Gigi is. Sometimes she talks of her sister and others in the present, and then you find out the person in question is dead and or estranged from Gigi. It's a very long winding road for you to wonder what did happen to Marguerite.
You can guess what happened to Marguerite even though Carol Oates is not explicit.
"48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister" has readers following a woman named Gigi who is still haunted by the disappearance of her sister almost 20 years before. The book follows Gigi's thought and feelings regarding her sister, Marguerite, and what her disappearing did not just to her, but to their father, and their hometown.
Each chapter starts off with a clue and some of them are not clues as much as it is Gigi's feelings surrounding her sister at times. And sometimes we get a sense of Gigi's true feelings about a lot of things. But you quickly have her doubling back on things. Also because of the narration you wonder how old Gigi is. Sometimes she talks of her sister and others in the present, and then you find out the person in question is dead and or estranged from Gigi. It's a very long winding road for you to wonder what did happen to Marguerite.
March 14, 2023
A long-time fan of Joyce Carol Oates, 48 CLUES INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MY SISTER —is a fascinating, alluring, and intriguing mystery about a missing sister from an unreliable narrator.
Georgene Fulmer, 23 years old (the awkward younger, not-so-pretty sister), last saw her sister in upstate New York on the morning of April 1991.
Marguerite Fulmer, 30 yrs. old was beautiful and striking. She taught sculpting and served as a junior artist in residence. She was private about the men in her life.
Their father, Milton, a stockbroker, calls in the police for a missing person report. The investigation led by Leo, the PI hired by the father, goes nowhere, as well as the police investigation.
Georgene is an ordinary postal worker with no friends and is jealous of her sister. What happened to Marguerite? Did Georgene have anything to do with her missing sister? Is she a murderer?
Or was it the Wolf's Head Lake killer?
M. was an artist, and G. was a poet, despite her poems being secret.
Are the clues hidden in her art, her sculptures?
Georgene is the narrator of this dark, moody, mysterious, creepy, gothic-like, atmospheric mystery. Did she leave on her own accord? Was foul play involved? Is she still alive? Is something sinister at play?
She feels their father always preferred Marguerite and feels sad about their mother's death. Georgene is depressed and lonely.
With each page, you feel a sense of foreboding and do not know where the author is leading you. You need to enjoy the ride, taking you into the disturbing and chilling thoughts of G. Her inner thoughts are spellbinding, almost dream-like blurring lines between reality and imagination.
Thoughts from psychics, journalists, police, PI, family, friends, and colleagues—all have their opinions.
Will M. come home? There are rumors of her being involved with a man. Was she murdered by a lover? Or does it have to do with a colleague of M.'s art school, Elke? Or did she leave this small town on her own accord? Or will M remain one of the many women each year who go missing and never are found?
Character-driven, Oates draws you in with her prose, choppy sentences, and clues. Not all clues are physical, but more about reactions, speculations, feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. A dress, a mirror, art, reflections, people, places, her art world, etc. The novel is both a character study and a social commentary on society.
After twenty-two years, no answers. The answers remain ambiguous. As the reader, you will need to draw your own conclusion. Joyce Carol Oates is a prolific writer, and her latest is another example of her brilliant skill and craft.
For fans of literary fiction, detective mysteries, and character-driven novels.
Thank you to Penzler Publishers, Mysterious Press via NetGalley, for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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Pub Date: Mar 14, 2023
My Rating: 4 Stars
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Georgene Fulmer, 23 years old (the awkward younger, not-so-pretty sister), last saw her sister in upstate New York on the morning of April 1991.
Marguerite Fulmer, 30 yrs. old was beautiful and striking. She taught sculpting and served as a junior artist in residence. She was private about the men in her life.
Their father, Milton, a stockbroker, calls in the police for a missing person report. The investigation led by Leo, the PI hired by the father, goes nowhere, as well as the police investigation.
Georgene is an ordinary postal worker with no friends and is jealous of her sister. What happened to Marguerite? Did Georgene have anything to do with her missing sister? Is she a murderer?
Or was it the Wolf's Head Lake killer?
M. was an artist, and G. was a poet, despite her poems being secret.
Are the clues hidden in her art, her sculptures?
Georgene is the narrator of this dark, moody, mysterious, creepy, gothic-like, atmospheric mystery. Did she leave on her own accord? Was foul play involved? Is she still alive? Is something sinister at play?
She feels their father always preferred Marguerite and feels sad about their mother's death. Georgene is depressed and lonely.
With each page, you feel a sense of foreboding and do not know where the author is leading you. You need to enjoy the ride, taking you into the disturbing and chilling thoughts of G. Her inner thoughts are spellbinding, almost dream-like blurring lines between reality and imagination.
Thoughts from psychics, journalists, police, PI, family, friends, and colleagues—all have their opinions.
Will M. come home? There are rumors of her being involved with a man. Was she murdered by a lover? Or does it have to do with a colleague of M.'s art school, Elke? Or did she leave this small town on her own accord? Or will M remain one of the many women each year who go missing and never are found?
Character-driven, Oates draws you in with her prose, choppy sentences, and clues. Not all clues are physical, but more about reactions, speculations, feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. A dress, a mirror, art, reflections, people, places, her art world, etc. The novel is both a character study and a social commentary on society.
After twenty-two years, no answers. The answers remain ambiguous. As the reader, you will need to draw your own conclusion. Joyce Carol Oates is a prolific writer, and her latest is another example of her brilliant skill and craft.
For fans of literary fiction, detective mysteries, and character-driven novels.
Thank you to Penzler Publishers, Mysterious Press via NetGalley, for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Blog Review Posted @
JudithDCollins.com
@JudithDCollins | #JDCMustReadBooks
Pub Date: Mar 14, 2023
My Rating: 4 Stars
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February 23, 2025
An odd bizarre freakish novel , in the sense that every now and then, for a few seconds, there comes over me a vague sense of dread, making my feet even more cold than they usually are, , that I have no power to check or to arrest before it arrives. It comes and passes, yet I cannot prevent its coming.
I have rarely read books with such a combination of a drama plot and weird, streamlined thoughts of the narrator, who turns out to be the younger sister of the missing adult woman, on which the writer tries to built up a web of 48 clues as relating to the adult woman disappearance, yet they are not really clues, and nothing really works out to unveil the real truth behind the sorry story. Even the ending is up to each reader's interpretation.
I have, perhaps unjustly, some vague suspicions of the novel, yet I have been faithful and zealous to read it, even fast forward after the first 50 pages, and I make no apology for having wished that maybe priest Father Brown, a character not in the least related to this novel, could throw any light upon the mysterious disappearance.
The book hasn't afforded me the usual sought for pleasure, because the subject has no fun attributes, but I had appreciated the very useful tribute to such heavy real world topics, in extending the general knowledge about abduction, foul-play, missing people, the drama lived by the family while searching for the missing one, police investigation, continually waiting for a positive outcome, and so on and so forth. Conclusively JCO is no easy writer, thus I shall take a break and see what next of her will pop up before my eyes ;)
I have rarely read books with such a combination of a drama plot and weird, streamlined thoughts of the narrator, who turns out to be the younger sister of the missing adult woman, on which the writer tries to built up a web of 48 clues as relating to the adult woman disappearance, yet they are not really clues, and nothing really works out to unveil the real truth behind the sorry story. Even the ending is up to each reader's interpretation.
I have, perhaps unjustly, some vague suspicions of the novel, yet I have been faithful and zealous to read it, even fast forward after the first 50 pages, and I make no apology for having wished that maybe priest Father Brown, a character not in the least related to this novel, could throw any light upon the mysterious disappearance.
The book hasn't afforded me the usual sought for pleasure, because the subject has no fun attributes, but I had appreciated the very useful tribute to such heavy real world topics, in extending the general knowledge about abduction, foul-play, missing people, the drama lived by the family while searching for the missing one, police investigation, continually waiting for a positive outcome, and so on and so forth. Conclusively JCO is no easy writer, thus I shall take a break and see what next of her will pop up before my eyes ;)
November 14, 2022
Joyce Carol Oates never disappoints! Her ability to construct a creepy and shivery narrative that leaves you guessing is showcased in this new thriller.
In 48 Clues, the beautiful Marguerite has disappeared. Her sister Gigi is surprised but unsure on what took place - did M leave on her own or was she taken? As G continues to tell the story more is revealed on her true feelings about her older sister. While it may seem that the answer to the disappearance is told early on - there is much more to learn.
If you like a claustrophobic creepy read, a potentially unreliable narrator, or just love the genius ability of Joyce Carol Oates to spin a contemporary tale, 48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister is for you!
#Penzler
In 48 Clues, the beautiful Marguerite has disappeared. Her sister Gigi is surprised but unsure on what took place - did M leave on her own or was she taken? As G continues to tell the story more is revealed on her true feelings about her older sister. While it may seem that the answer to the disappearance is told early on - there is much more to learn.
If you like a claustrophobic creepy read, a potentially unreliable narrator, or just love the genius ability of Joyce Carol Oates to spin a contemporary tale, 48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister is for you!
#Penzler
April 13, 2025
Idea: Great
Narrative MC: Terrible. She was so annoying I wanted to DNF about 7 times. Lucky this was at least under 300 pages.
Chapter Beginning with a Clue: LOVE LOVE LOVE this concept.
Somehow this was my first book by Joyce Carol Oates, and even though the MC and the rambling narrative was annoying, there were sections of brilliance that makes me want to try out one of her earlier novels instead.
Just ok. 2 Stars
Narrative MC: Terrible. She was so annoying I wanted to DNF about 7 times. Lucky this was at least under 300 pages.
Chapter Beginning with a Clue: LOVE LOVE LOVE this concept.
Somehow this was my first book by Joyce Carol Oates, and even though the MC and the rambling narrative was annoying, there were sections of brilliance that makes me want to try out one of her earlier novels instead.
Just ok. 2 Stars
August 14, 2024
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"Tela blanca, sedosa, sin cuerpo. Charco de seda, en pliegues lánguidos y acuosos en el suelo donde (se apresura a asumir la observadora/voyeur) ella se había desprendido del vestido con un movimiento del cuerpo, dejando que cayera sinuosamente como una serpiente, pero una serpiente sedosa, de un blanco perfecto como una camelia deslizándose por las caderas. Aunque sin cuerpo, sin huesos...
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...de hecho, no miras y, aun así (sin poder evitarlo), observas la caída del fino vestido lencero hasta el suelo, un charco a los pies (desnudos) de la mujer, pálidos como el marfil."
Después de esta novela de Joyce Carol Oates, aparentemente menor y de apenas 200 páginas, vuelvo a ratificar mi rendida admiración por ella. Oates ha conseguido crear un género propio mezcla entre suspense, flujo de conciencia, gótico contemporáneo, y de una profundidad psicológica inquietante, como es ella, que nos da la medida de que cada uno de nosotros tiene su parte oscura, misteriosa, ese lugar recóndito al que nadie podrá penetrar. Esté subgénero creado por ella, al que no me atrevo ni siquiera llamar thriller ni novela de suspense se alimenta sobre todo de las relaciones entre personas, de la complejidad de las relaciones familiares, y del entorno social y de la presión que ejerce sobre todo en ciertas mentes frágiles y vulnerables, y por supuesto, y de nuevo, la posición de la mujer en un mundo donde la violencia campa a sus anchas, y en esta novela particularmente, como no podía ser menos, la Oates se luce con una investigación exhaustiva sobre las desapariciones de mujeres (ella misma en una entrevista recomienda una serie muy emparentada a esta investigación que realizó para la novela: Murder in Big Horn). Tal como el mismo título revela, aquí hay un misterio sobre una mujer desaparecida pero la Oates no nos lo va a contar a la manera prototípica y se las arreglará para bucear en la esencia: convierte en auténtica protagonista a la narradora más que a hermana desaparecida. La novela comienza con una escena muy cinematográfica, que se puede visualizar perfectamente: un vestido blanco de Dior hecho un charco en el suelo. “Escrudiñar desde una puerta el interior de la vida de otro: la aprensión de vislumbrar al otro, a la hermana, en un estado de indeseada exposición.” La hermana narradora ha estado espiando a la hermana mayor Marguerite y como en cámara lenta, recuerda la caída del vestido hasta convertirse en una laguna blanca en el suelo. Es un vestido vacío de corporeidad, vaticinando ya el vacío de la hermana. Es una imagen que se repetirá una y otra vez durante la novela, y tal como hacía en Babysitter, es tambien casi la última escena de esta novela, novela circular...
"(No, yo no vi caer el finísimo vestido blanco por el cuerpo desnudo de mi hermana ni que quedara como un reluciente charco de blancura a sus pies. Estoy segura de que no vi eso, a pesar de que parece que lo recuerdo vivamente)."
La novela está estructurada en 48 capitulos y cada uno de ellos comienza con una palabra o frase en cursiva que supuestamente debe ser una pista a la desaparición de M. narrada por su hermana menor G. Sin embargo en esta autora nada es tan tan fácil como parece, cada pista puede serlo o no, dependiendo de la mente de la narradora que se va por los cerros de Úbeda y es a través de ella como vamos intentando cazar al vuelo el misterio de la desaparición de Marguerite el 11 de abril de 1991, veintidós años antes. G. es una narradora nada confiable pero eso lo iremos detectando a medida que la novela va avanzando y por pequeños detalles que irán surgiendo también nos iremos dando cuenta que la mente de G. no es todo lo estable que pudiera parecer en un principio, sale a relucir que era el patito feo en comparación a la hermosa Marguerite, escultora, fría y popular. Sin embargo, por pequeños trazos que se le irán escapando a G. también veremos que Marguerite no era tan fría como aparentaba y que tuvo a que renunciar a oportunidades para no perder de vista a su hermana menor.
“-¿Eres la hermana de Marguerite?
- Soy muchas cosas, de las cuales hermana de Marguerite no es más que una, y no la más crucial.”
Sigo afirmando que Joyce Carol Oates es una diosa, y a estas alturas de su vida hace lo que le da la gana con la narrativa, con la estructura de una novela, convirtiéndola en una historia de terror más que de suspense o misterio, pero genuinamente será una obra totalmente experimental, que es lo que realmente le gusta a la Oates, experimentar con la forma, con la estructura y con la narrativa, jugando al gato y al ratón con el lector. Todas las pistas están ahí, pero el lector tendrá que desentrañar el relato porque la mente de G está totalmente fragmentada, caótica (“Es terrible ver, entender, que el mundo es un caos de pistas”) y para ello usa la cursiva continuamente para llamar la atención de esta mente perturbada, muchos más paréntesis que en ninguna obra anterior suya que interrumpen continuamente el flujo de la narración… es una narración invasiva, intrusiva, cortando continuamente la linealidad del relato, sabemos que es porque G. la narradora es insegura, angustiosa, pero al mismo tiempo, hay que advertir que Joyce Carol Oates no es ninguna tramposa, todos los datos están ahí solo que no están ordenados, y usa precisamente estas cursivas o estas comas y corchetes para advertir al lector de que algo no está bien, de que aunque no hubiera hecho falta usar estos recursos, los usará por algo. Las 48 pistas pueden serlas o no, algunas son pistas sobre esta desaparición aportadas por esta hermana menor, pero otras no dejan de ser el flujo de conciencia por el cual G. se tiene que expresar.
“Es decir, el medio por que pude ver el reflejo de M. en un espejo, ya que (en realidad) no vi a la propia Marguerite, solo su reflejo.
(Es impreciso, pero común, decir que la imagen [reflejada] es la persona; pero, en este caso, el reflejo de M. no era más que un reflejo de (la incognoscible, inescrutable]. M., de hecho, el reflejo de un reflejo.)”
El comienzo de esta novela me parece arrollador, de esos que se pueden visualizar y se quedan grabados, el charco del vestido blanco, y un juego de espejos en el cual aparece reflejada su hermana, la última vez que la vio, pero solo a través del reflejo de los espejos. El vestido es la primera pista de esta novela, pero al igual que las 47 pistas restantes, todo serán conjeturas sobre la desaparición y ya digo que todo es una preparación para el final. Quien vaya buscando un misterio resuelto va a quedar frustrado porque la Oates no lo pone fácil, no deja nada masticado sino que será el lector quién tendrá que establecer qué le pasó a Marguerite. Los datos están todos ahí. El juego de espejos (“Porque los espejos duplican las distancias y convierten lo familiar en extraño”) será parte de la simbología que usará aquí la Oates para describirnos a G., la hermana menor que veintidós años después de la misteriosa desaparición, vuelve a recordarlo todo y ¿por qué?, el motivo por el cual vuelve a revivirlo todo es evidente solo que no es la misión de esta reseña espoilear, ya digo que todos los datos están ahí...
“Todo esto, recordado (ahora) de repente, veintidós años después, como podría recordarse un sueño absolutamente misterioso que, en el transcurso de los años, no ha aligerado la carga de su misterio, sino que la ha agudizado.”
Marguerite era una escultora que tuvo que sacrificar momentos para quedarse en la casa familiar, G. la narradora aunque tiene un trabajo normal y corriente, también vive en la casa familiar estilo Tudor y escribe poemas en secreto, garabateados en cuadernos y escondidos en cajones, una referencia a Emily Dickinson. El juego de espejos y el vestido de Dior blanco en el suelo, serán lo primero que sabremos de Marguerite, es la información que nos transmite su hermana menor, pero realmente ¿llegamos a conocer a Marguerite? La imagen real y la que se ha hecho en su cabeza de Marguerite su hermana se camuflan y todo esto lo refleja Joyce Carol Oates a través de su estilo totalmente fragmentado, es un puzzle: aquí no hay nada lineal, ordenado, porque lo que estamos leyendo es el relato monodimensional de G., la poeta secreta. Y no perdamos de vista el tema esencial: más que una novela sobre la hermana desaparecida, la gracia está en el personaje que la Oates construye en torno a la narradora. Soberbia como siempre.
“(Es posible que por la periferia del ojo viera en el suelo el vestido de Dior. Pero ese ver no fue consciente en aquel momento, si parece consciente en retrospectiva es porque la mente utilizó sus estratagemas de forma maliciosa y perversa contra sí misma)”
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March 26, 2024
3.5⭐
Lo que más me ha gustado es la manera en la que se narra la desaparición.
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What I liked the most is the way in which the disappearance is narrated.
Lo que más me ha gustado es la manera en la que se narra la desaparición.
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What I liked the most is the way in which the disappearance is narrated.
March 30, 2023
This was compelling, unhinged, character driven, and veryyyyyy unreliable. As the story moves on, you realize everyone (especially the narrator and sister of the missing girl) is not quite innocent. This one would be a fun one to discuss as a book club because the ending seemed to be left to the reader to decide which is so cool! Some readers hate those types of ends that leave you questioning what’s truth, but it was such a crazy ride (unhinged is the best word I can think of!!!) and I finished this audiobook in an afternoon.
April 11, 2024
Mi primera experiencia con esta autora. Un relato algo extraño sobre la desaparición de una joven. Todo el peso del libro recae en su hermana pequeña, descrita por ella misma como un ser sin ningún atractivo (al contrario de su hermosa hermana)
Nada más empezar a leer ves por donde van los tiros y el resto solo es leer los pensamientos retorcidos de la hermana menor. Muchas vueltas sobre lo mismo. No me ha convencido a pesar de lo bien escrito que está.
Nada más empezar a leer ves por donde van los tiros y el resto solo es leer los pensamientos retorcidos de la hermana menor. Muchas vueltas sobre lo mismo. No me ha convencido a pesar de lo bien escrito que está.
June 2, 2023
I could not have been more confused and frustrated by this book.
January 23, 2023
When Marguerite Fulmer (M), a beautiful sculptress and local heiress, vanishes without a trace, everyone is left wondering what could have happened to her. Georgene (G), her less attractive and less favored younger sister, is left to assemble clues as to what happened to M, starting with the diaphanous white Dior slipdress M left behind on her bedroom floor. As the clues pile up, G’s resentment and hatred of her sister is revealed.
This book will find favor with fans of the prolific and award-winning author, but it just wasn’t for me. More of a character-driven literary mystery than truly suspenseful, I found this book rather slow and I struggled to get into it. The writing style was offbeat and hard to get used to, with an unconventional sentence structure. Representative of G’s stream of consciousness, there are many fragments but also paragraph-length single sentences, as well as a distracting number of parenthetical references. Certain unusual adjectives are repeated ad nauseum (“callow” and “bewhiskered” come to mind) but I think this is meant to be a quirk of G’s rather than a literary weakness. That said, G’s character development is the stand-out aspect of this story, nuanced and multi-layered like peeling back an onion as the narrative progresses.
Many thanks to NetGalley and Penzler Publishers, Mysterious Press for providing me an advance copy of this book.
This book will find favor with fans of the prolific and award-winning author, but it just wasn’t for me. More of a character-driven literary mystery than truly suspenseful, I found this book rather slow and I struggled to get into it. The writing style was offbeat and hard to get used to, with an unconventional sentence structure. Representative of G’s stream of consciousness, there are many fragments but also paragraph-length single sentences, as well as a distracting number of parenthetical references. Certain unusual adjectives are repeated ad nauseum (“callow” and “bewhiskered” come to mind) but I think this is meant to be a quirk of G’s rather than a literary weakness. That said, G’s character development is the stand-out aspect of this story, nuanced and multi-layered like peeling back an onion as the narrative progresses.
Many thanks to NetGalley and Penzler Publishers, Mysterious Press for providing me an advance copy of this book.
April 7, 2023
There are times where I look at reviews and try to figure out if I read the same book as the people who gave it 5 stars. This was not quirky and I didn’t care for G at all. Nut shell version: older sister goes missing, younger sister views the entire thing as an inconvenience, and we spend the next couple hundred pages learning how much her younger sister hated/was jealous of her. Ending is odd and was like the author threw a random ending on the book.
Should have walked away after the first 5 pages.
Should have walked away after the first 5 pages.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 4, 2023
The story of two sisters in the early 90's, the older one gorgeous, talented and missing; the younger not-so-gorgeous, not-so-talented and envious. What happened to M., or Marguerite? Beautiful and blond, artistic and sought after, but also reclusive and quiet. We can only see or 'know' Marguerite through younger sister Georgene's eyes, and boy, are her eyes cloudy...
There's no doubt that Georgene loved her older sister. Both come from 'money' and live in upstate New York near the small, private college where Marguerite teaches art classes. (Did they need the cash? Doubtful. Widowed father is constantly portrayed as stock-market rich and it does seem they lacked for nothing.) And so, did Marguerite simply run off with a lover? Was she abducted, murdered, lost and buried somewhere? Or did - creepy music here - something else happen to her?
I won't give it away. The story is more gothic horror than mystery, with over-arching elements that seek only to confuse and distract the reader. But IMO, Ms. Carol-Oates is best when we simply DO NOT KNOW...
If you read this book, look for little clues here and there. Or not. It's that kind of book.
Five stars.
There's no doubt that Georgene loved her older sister. Both come from 'money' and live in upstate New York near the small, private college where Marguerite teaches art classes. (Did they need the cash? Doubtful. Widowed father is constantly portrayed as stock-market rich and it does seem they lacked for nothing.) And so, did Marguerite simply run off with a lover? Was she abducted, murdered, lost and buried somewhere? Or did - creepy music here - something else happen to her?
I won't give it away. The story is more gothic horror than mystery, with over-arching elements that seek only to confuse and distract the reader. But IMO, Ms. Carol-Oates is best when we simply DO NOT KNOW...
If you read this book, look for little clues here and there. Or not. It's that kind of book.
Five stars.
April 5, 2023
I finished it. That’s about all I can say about it. I really don’t understand all of the great reviews.
April 15, 2023
It definitely took me a little while to get into this book. The first several chapters are very off-putting -- the writing style is super pretentious and annoying, but I realized pretty quickly that this was intentional. The story is told from the perspective of G, who is very pretentious and self-aggrandizing, so the tone of the writing matches her personality and inner reflections. Once I realized that it was intentional and not just bad writing (sorry, JCO 😣) I was able to get into the story itself.
And once I got to that point it felt like I got sucked in, and didn't want to stop. For a story that is left mostly ambiguous, it moves pretty quickly. I think this is helped along by the short chapters through the first part of the book. It's easy to keep breezing through them because you want to find out what the next clue is. The "48 Clues" aren't really all clues -- in fact I would say there are probably only a handful of true "clues" as in solid evidence or information. A lot of it is misdirection or speculation, as expected from a story with a supremely unreliable narrator.
G isn't a likeable character, at all, but I found her both pitiable and relatable by turns. She puts on these airs of being untouchable and above everything, and yet she is incredibly vulnerable to the attentions of others and yearns for validation. She lived her whole life in M's shadow as the less beautiful, less social, less talented sister, so she crafted this haughty persona to protect herself and pretend like it never bothered her. Some of the most interesting parts are also some of the most unbearable, where we see how much of a sham this persona is (like when she's so desperate for Elke's attention and approval, even as it's clear to the reader that he's even more despicable than G herself initially thought).
The ending is ambiguous, and there are never really any answers. So if you're the type of reader who needs resolution, this may not be the book for you. But I love an open-ended mystery.
For me, I can't decide if G actually killed M and buried her in the basement -- that chapter is described like a dream. Either she did, and then killed the psychic and the PI to keep her secret. OR the serial killer actually did kill M (it seems fairly convincing that he had her items), but G has convinced herself over the years that she did it (blurring what was actually a dream with reality). I find the second possibility compelling, that she potentially killed other people to keep this secret that was never true to begin with. The other scene described in a similar manner (her burning the art gallery) is acknowledged to be only a fantasy, which makes me think the scene of the murder was as well. There are vague references to G having some kind of mental break after the death of their mother, so I think she could have deluded herself, after the fact, into believing she killed M, even if she couldn't truly face it head-on.
And once I got to that point it felt like I got sucked in, and didn't want to stop. For a story that is left mostly ambiguous, it moves pretty quickly. I think this is helped along by the short chapters through the first part of the book. It's easy to keep breezing through them because you want to find out what the next clue is. The "48 Clues" aren't really all clues -- in fact I would say there are probably only a handful of true "clues" as in solid evidence or information. A lot of it is misdirection or speculation, as expected from a story with a supremely unreliable narrator.
G isn't a likeable character, at all, but I found her both pitiable and relatable by turns. She puts on these airs of being untouchable and above everything, and yet she is incredibly vulnerable to the attentions of others and yearns for validation. She lived her whole life in M's shadow as the less beautiful, less social, less talented sister, so she crafted this haughty persona to protect herself and pretend like it never bothered her. Some of the most interesting parts are also some of the most unbearable, where we see how much of a sham this persona is (like when she's so desperate for Elke's attention and approval, even as it's clear to the reader that he's even more despicable than G herself initially thought).
The ending is ambiguous, and there are never really any answers. So if you're the type of reader who needs resolution, this may not be the book for you. But I love an open-ended mystery.
For me, I can't decide if G actually killed M and buried her in the basement -- that chapter is described like a dream. Either she did, and then killed the psychic and the PI to keep her secret. OR the serial killer actually did kill M (it seems fairly convincing that he had her items), but G has convinced herself over the years that she did it (blurring what was actually a dream with reality). I find the second possibility compelling, that she potentially killed other people to keep this secret that was never true to begin with. The other scene described in a similar manner (her burning the art gallery) is acknowledged to be only a fantasy, which makes me think the scene of the murder was as well. There are vague references to G having some kind of mental break after the death of their mother, so I think she could have deluded herself, after the fact, into believing she killed M, even if she couldn't truly face it head-on.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 13, 2023
Ugh, I'm torn on this book. I feel like it could be really excellent, but there was just something missing. Spoilers... I believe I know who the murderer is, and if I'm correct then she is a serial killer. But I felt like I had wool pulled over my eyes a little bit. It was pretty wordy, but not wordy enough to spill the beans.
July 25, 2023
virkilega góð og frábærlega skrifuð - þarf að lesa meira eftir JCO
June 1, 2024
Marguerite (or M.) is missing! Georgene (or G.) sister of M. has a love / hate relationship with her sister in life and in death (or in absence).
G. obviously has some issues: Low self esteem. Cunning. Unpredictable. Impulsive thoughts. Missing pieces of recollections - was that real? Just to name a few. Oh, jealousy is another and an extreme protectiveness of who/ what is left of her family.
Yet, G. unravels, unfolds her life and the life of M. and their relationship as sisters. She becomes primary investigator in disappearance of M. when the authorities and private detective her father hires fail to come up with any leads. Other than, (to muddy the water) the PI comes up with uncovering multitudes of missing women as he travels for clues which does not help (or does it) in the determination of what happened to M.
A wild goose chase with ruminations inside G’s head, bad thoughts and behavior yet as she ruminates and plans more actions to uncover background of M. It appears her mind is experiencing some sort of clarity from the start of the book. She is experiencing some deep cleverness and impulsivity and fends off (or deflects) any intrusiveness by others to bother her father. Who is still deeply grieving the loss of his wife to cancer, and now his beautiful, smart and artistic daughter is gone. Sprinkled with this are insights into M.’s relationships (or perceived relationships) with men. Something of which G. Knows nothing about but she’s starting to do some make believe with M.’s mentor at art school. Elke is a suspect in the disappearance. He seems a bit all over the place too, and when G. And Elke meet, (forbidden) G. has ideas of love with him which he uses to manipulate her.
Note that I used a lot of parenthesis in my review!
This occurred all the time in the book! At the beginning it was very annoying. Every time I reached a parenthesis it was like a stop sign to me. As time went on I became used to it - somewhat. However, If the author got rid of those, the reading would flow better. But, there must have been a good reason why it was written like that, as a part of the story.
G. obviously has some issues: Low self esteem. Cunning. Unpredictable. Impulsive thoughts. Missing pieces of recollections - was that real? Just to name a few. Oh, jealousy is another and an extreme protectiveness of who/ what is left of her family.
Yet, G. unravels, unfolds her life and the life of M. and their relationship as sisters. She becomes primary investigator in disappearance of M. when the authorities and private detective her father hires fail to come up with any leads. Other than, (to muddy the water) the PI comes up with uncovering multitudes of missing women as he travels for clues which does not help (or does it) in the determination of what happened to M.
A wild goose chase with ruminations inside G’s head, bad thoughts and behavior yet as she ruminates and plans more actions to uncover background of M. It appears her mind is experiencing some sort of clarity from the start of the book. She is experiencing some deep cleverness and impulsivity and fends off (or deflects) any intrusiveness by others to bother her father. Who is still deeply grieving the loss of his wife to cancer, and now his beautiful, smart and artistic daughter is gone. Sprinkled with this are insights into M.’s relationships (or perceived relationships) with men. Something of which G. Knows nothing about but she’s starting to do some make believe with M.’s mentor at art school. Elke is a suspect in the disappearance. He seems a bit all over the place too, and when G. And Elke meet, (forbidden) G. has ideas of love with him which he uses to manipulate her.
Note that I used a lot of parenthesis in my review!
This occurred all the time in the book! At the beginning it was very annoying. Every time I reached a parenthesis it was like a stop sign to me. As time went on I became used to it - somewhat. However, If the author got rid of those, the reading would flow better. But, there must have been a good reason why it was written like that, as a part of the story.
November 8, 2025
rating: 3.5 ⭐ (round down)
this was definitely out of my comfort zone, yet i thoroughly enjoyed the writing style of this book. through the journey of G, we learn more and more about her. the character descriptions were superb and everything was portrayed well.
towards the end, i started to dislike G's character, but it added to the plot. the ambiguous ending also allows readers to interpret the story for themselves ! #litstudentcore
this was definitely out of my comfort zone, yet i thoroughly enjoyed the writing style of this book. through the journey of G, we learn more and more about her. the character descriptions were superb and everything was portrayed well.
towards the end, i started to dislike G's character, but it added to the plot. the ambiguous ending also allows readers to interpret the story for themselves ! #litstudentcore
November 15, 2022
Two sisters, beautiful & talented Marguerite and her younger sister, unattractive and somewhat abrasive Georgene, lived with their wealthy parents in a small town in upstate NY. Marguerite (M.) had moved to NYC where she was a celebrated sculptor but returned home after their mother died. Georgene (G.), the narrator of the story, had always resented and eventually hated her beautiful accomplished sister.
Then one day in 1991 M. left home and never returned. Her father and G.assumed that she would return one day but that never happened. G. tried to protect M’s memory and acted as if she knew her sister was alive. When the mystery of M’s disappearance was solved, G still would not accept it.
This short book is typical of the author’s style. She uses violent incidents often and have based many of her stories on real life incidents.
I received this ARC from Edelweiss and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
August 19, 2023
so confused. still dont know what happened to the sister. and honestly left with more questions than when i started. idk if im too dumb to understand or if the book is supposed to leave me confused and frustrated
August 15, 2023
M.'s private life her "secret mission." All that was secret in my sister, I deeply envied, and resented.
For my life has no secrets. Or, you could say that my secret is that I have no life.
Could not put this one down.
For my life has no secrets. Or, you could say that my secret is that I have no life.
Could not put this one down.
August 11, 2023
Slowly realized this was my first Joyce Carol Oates read. Quickly realized that this will be my last.
Clever idea with the clues, but not for me.
Clever idea with the clues, but not for me.
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