The Girl from Widow Hills
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By Megan Miranda
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Everyone knows the story of the girl from widow hills…
When Arden Maynor was six years old, she was swept away in a terrifying storm and went missing for days. Against all odds, she was found alive, clinging to a storm drain. Fame followed, and so did fans, creeps and stalkers. As soon as she was old enough, Arden changed her name and left Widow Hills behind.
Twenty years later, Olivia, as she is now known, is plagued by night terrors. She often finds herself out of bed in the middle of the night, sometimes streets away from her home. Then one evening she jolts awake in her yard, with the corpse of a man at her feet.
The girl from Widow Hills is about to become the centre of the story, once again…
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This book was enjoyed by most of the group and one member loved it so much she has already read two more by the same author although no one else in the group would rush to do the same!
Most agreed it was a little confusing to start but that the pace picked up in the middle section; however the ending was felt to be a little rushed. A few found the ending implausible. The majority found the characters to be unsympathetic and the lead character to be over dramatic. Some felt that to a certain extent the plot was given away early on by the quote by Arden/Olivia's mother that "she knew she was gone before she knew she was gone" which brought up possible comparisons with a similar disappearance of a child in the UK.
We felt that the writing was good but that the storyline could have been clearer and the ending less rushed. It seemed that random characters were introduced to act as red herrings and not much else.
Our overall score out of 10 was 6.6
