~*Good as Gone by Amy Gentry*~
Have you ever read a book that you thought was good but, you didn't enjoy? That is how I felt about "Good as Gone". Last year I read a few books about girls that had been kidnapped and return home. Some were good and some were just okay. This book was good but, I didn't care for the way this was written. There was something about the characters and the whole feel of the novel that was off-putting. I don't think I would call it a suspense novel though. I think of it more as a character study. Thirteen year old Julie disappears in the middle of the night, taken by a bearded man and the only witness to the kidnapping is her younger sister Jane. Eight years later on the same day that Jane comes home from college for a visit there is a knock on the door and there stands Julie. The girl's mother Anna has her doubts though, is this her sweet daughter or an opportunist? Anna also has had a hard time forgiving her youngest daughter for not coming to alert her parents...