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A review by cchangoor
I Hope You're Listening by Tom Ryan
4.0
Ten years after her best friend gets kidnapped, Dee Skinner is haunted with memories of that day. She secretly created and hosts a podcast to bring attention to current missing persons cases, and to connect members of an online community who work to solve them. When another girl is taken from Dee’s town, there are too many similarities to ignore, so she begins her own investigation into her many unanswered questions.
This book was everything I was expecting – a high interest, well-paced mystery that hooked me throughout, and an ending that tied up all of the pieces into a neat little bow. There were enough clues to keep me guessing, but nothing so obvious that I was able to solve everything on my own.
The story would benefit if the characters were more dynamic and developed throughout the entire book. During the first half I started to get invested in them, and then bam! The best friend is dropped and replaced by a love interest. This shift completely lost me. I was frustrated with the way the main character behaved and handled the friendship, and I couldn’t get into the new character or buy into their romance. Overall it didn’t detract too much from the plot. I still found the book quite enjoyable and would certainly recommend it to middle school mystery fans.
Thank you to NetGalley for the complimentary eARC in exchange for an honest review.
This book was everything I was expecting – a high interest, well-paced mystery that hooked me throughout, and an ending that tied up all of the pieces into a neat little bow. There were enough clues to keep me guessing, but nothing so obvious that I was able to solve everything on my own.
The story would benefit if the characters were more dynamic and developed throughout the entire book. During the first half I started to get invested in them, and then bam! The best friend is dropped and replaced by a love interest. This shift completely lost me. I was frustrated with the way the main character behaved and handled the friendship, and I couldn’t get into the new character or buy into their romance. Overall it didn’t detract too much from the plot. I still found the book quite enjoyable and would certainly recommend it to middle school mystery fans.
Thank you to NetGalley for the complimentary eARC in exchange for an honest review.