Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Before She Disappeared: A Novel (A Frankie Elkin Novel)

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Enjoyed the story line

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 24, 2023

I have read my fair share of suspense novels and what I liked best about the main character in this book is that she ,Frankie, is an ordinary person with her own set of baggage. It is a refreshing change from the beautiful and rich heroine that are so often portrayed.

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Sheila R Hughes

I guess every good author has a bad book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 23, 2022

This had to be the most boring, long drawn out story ever. The plot didn't really make sense. The characters were so so. Too bad. The DD Warren books are so good. This series is pretty awful

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Cali Bag Lady

Very Disappointing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 17, 2021

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I am a huge Lisa Gardner fan, but not a fan of this book. I usually inhale a Gardner book and can finish it in a couple of days. By a couple of months I was only half way through this book. It is slow, a lot of really meaningless introspection on the part of the main character. When I was halfway through the book and I could care less what happened to the character or the teen she was trying to find, I knew it was time to pull the bookmark and move on. I was very disappointed with this book.

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Boring and Depressing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 20, 2021

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I had to go back and check the reviews after I started reading, only to be shocked that it was by Lisa Gardner. After reading the first several chapters, I would have guessed this was an inexperienced, self-published author.

The main character is a recovering alcoholic, and that is about the most interesting thing about her. Constant flashbacks to an apparently failed marriage are just sad and depressing. Plot line doesn't move at all. The most interesting thing in the book so far is the feral cat that makes random appearances.

Give it a pass and save yourself $15. What a ripoff.

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maureen bell

Don’t waste your time.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 2, 2022

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This book was nothing but racial politics, AA rhetoric, and long winded rambling.

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Kindle Customer

Can I have a refund?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 27, 2021

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Can I have a refund.....I have always loved Lisa Gardner's books, but I struggled with this book. The book did not even read like her other books. I was going to suggest this for our bookclub, but definitely will not.

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JLov

New Character?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 25, 2021

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This new character is very annoying and deranged. An alcoholic with unsolved issues is all of a sudden a great person when it comes to asking the right questions and solving mysteries. Very unrealistic please don’t continue with this demanding annoying character

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M. Bainter

Worst book ever

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 18, 2021

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If I could get my money back I would. It was horribly boring. I expected different from Lisa Gardner. Loved all her other books. This one was just monotonous, nothing interesting. WHY would she have written this??? Don't bother.

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Sarah R.

Why get political?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 21, 2021

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I was offended in the first few pages. There is no need to get political or distort facts to suit your political agenda or background. I’m going to pass on your other books. No thanks.

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Aireen Suguitan

Her worst book by far

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 10, 2021

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I have read all of her published books and I am extremely disappointed with this new one. She digressed quite a bit and there’s a tone of passive aggressiveness in the writing. It’s not focused

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