Format: ARC Paperback
Publisher: Crown Books
Topics: Mystery, Missing People
Release Date: January 16th 2018 (US)
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Jessa Whitworth knew she didn't belong in her ex-boyfriend Caleb's room. But she couldn't deny that she was everywhere: in his photos, his neatly folded T-shirts, even the butterfly necklace in his jeans pocket . . . the one she gave him for safe keeping on that day.
His mother asked her to pack up his things, even though she blames Jessa for his accident. How could she say no? And maybe, just maybe, it will help her work through the guilt she feels about their final moments together.
But as Jessa begins to box up the pieces of Caleb's life, they trigger memories that make Jessa realize their past relationship may not be exactly as she remembered. And she starts to question whether she really knew Caleb at all.
Each fragment of his life reveals a new clue that propels Jessa to search for the truth about Caleb's accident. What really happened on the storm-swept bridge?
Well, this was quite a
rollercoaster of a story. With it's twists and turns leading me all
over the place, I was never sure exactly which direction it was going
to take, leaving me constantly growing suspicious and pointing
fingers at almost every character.
Fragments of the Lost
takes place after the disappearance of Caleb Evers, and follows his
ex-girlfriend Jessa as she clears his room away for his family as
they prepare to move. A lot of the story is set within Caleb's
bedroom and told through memories that the two of them shared. But the
more things Jessa discovers in his room, the more she starts
analysing the parts of Caleb's life that she was allowed to see.
I'll be completely
honest, at first I thought this book was going to be my cup of
tea. Whilst I do love a good thriller, I don't read them too often,
and this one didn't manage to draw me in straight away considering it
was mostly Jessa's memories of their relationship for the first
quarter of the book. But the more Jessa tore apart Caleb's room, the
more hooked I became. Instead of getting answers, we're given more
mysteries, and Jessa starts to realise that she only got to see a
small part of Caleb's complex life.
Jessa was a character
who I didn't feel too connected to at the start of the story, but I
grew to like her more and more. She was just a normal girl who
happened to get swept up into a very complicated world. I enjoyed seeing her interactions with those around her change as the story progressed.
There wasn't one
character who I wasn't suspicious of at some point or another. In
fact, for quite a big chunk of the story, I was absolutely convinced
that a minor character had something to do with Caleb's disappearance,
when it turned out they were actually just a perfectly innocent minor
character. I really thought I was cleverly on to something, but I couldn't have been more further from the truth!
Whilst the overall
story isn't scary, there were certain scenes in this that left me
chilled. Especially as Jessa investigated parts of Caleb's past.
There were moments when I really didn't know who to trust, so I had
no idea whether any of the characters were potentially going to bring
harm to Jessa, and it definitely had me on edge! That feeling of unease was what kept me turning the pages of this book, and it made for a brilliantly atmospheric read.
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