The experience inspires Dahlia to dig into the mysteries of her own past, including the absence of her father, the nomadic nature of her childhood, and her mother’s aversion to paperwork. It may have not escape the hands of readers without some calling it cliché but its gripping storytelling will definitely have one wolf it down in one sitting.At the start of this convoluted novel from Burt ( Remember Mia), 33-year-old Dahlia Waller finds an unidentified woman lying comatose in the woods near the home she shares with her mentally unstable mother in Aurora, Tex. It did take readers to places shaped by postnatal depression and paranoia. Burt's depiction of Estelle's medical care and psychiatric therapy were spot on. Independent, however, pointed out that 'Little Girl Gone' had its moments.

Such scenes were 'too difficult to take seriously,' according to the site. The site says that the plot is 'cheap and becomes increasingly less sharp towards its end.'Īt first, the story felt true, poignant and convincing but the tale in the words of Independent, was reduced to a 'rejected Arnold Schwarzenegger film' when Burt started to involve car chases and psychopaths with guns. The publication says that the excitement only lasted for several pages, particularly the ones that saw Estelle gradually regain her lost memories. Unfortunately, 'Little Girl Gone' took a drastic nose-dive after throwing in all these. Independent says that this suspense that constantly builds up should readers hooked but not so far as the last page of the book. She just couldn't remember that she actually does. David, a guy who lives close enough to Estelle's house that he can snoop and criticize her maternal approach from the comfort of his home also has all the means to abduct Mia.Īnd then there's Estelle, who tends to succumb and become weary to the gravities of nurturing her child, may be the one who knows where her baby is.

Estelle's husband Jack, whose shadow in the house is rarely cast, could have given in to his known aggression and thirst to control. There are three people that could end up as the culprit of the terrible crime. Flipping through the leaves of 'Little Gone Girl,' readers will slowly turn into deduction-churning machines. Publisher Harper Collins cites OPRAH, Huffington Post and Edgar Award winner Meg Gardiner among those who wanted to pull an all-nighter just to learn the identity of baby Mia's captor and Estelle's reason of shunning the help the police could offer. As her struggle to recall these memories that are key to finding her baby begins, readers will start to find it difficult to put the book down. She, however, clearly remembers that precious little Mia is nowhere to be found. Days following her realization that her child's crib is empty, Estelle meets an accident that cost her one of her ears and most of her memories that led up to the mishap.

Remember mia by alexandra burt