You can also find me review on Goodreads
About the Book
Book : Daughter
Author : Jane Shemilt
Genre : Mystery
Publisher : Penguin
Pages : 390
Release Date : 28th August 2014
My star rating : 3.5/5
You can buy Daughter from Amazon, WHSmith, Waterstones and Ebay
Blurb from back of book
Jenny is a successful family doctor, the mother of three great teenagers, married to a celebrated neurosurgeon.
But when her youngest child, fifteen-year-old Naomi, doesn’t come home after her school play, Jenny’s seemingly ideal life begins to crumble. The authorities launch a nationwide search with no success. Naomi has vanished, and her family is broken.
As the months pass, the worst-case scenarios—kidnapping, murder—seem less plausible. The trail has gone cold. Yet for a desperate Jenny, the search has barely begun. More than a year after her daughter’s disappearance, she’s still digging for answers—and what she finds disturbs her. Everyone she’s trusted, everyone she thought she knew, has been keeping secrets, especially Naomi. Piecing together the traces her daughter left behind, Jenny discovers a very different Naomi from the girl she thought she’d raised.
My Review
I was really looking forward to reading this book as many people had given it 5 stars.
I did enjoy it, but I found I enjoyed reading the past farther than the present day parts. I thought the main character was portrayed quite good, and many thought that she didn’t pay enough attention to her 3 teenage kids, but I thought that she did, given that she had a busy full-time job as a GP.
I thought that Tim , the husband, didn’t seem to be that bothered that his 12-year-old daughter had gone missing. i thought that maybe he had something to do with her disappearance.
When I finally thought I knew what happened to Naomi, I was a bit disappointed, but thought it would go on to show how the family came together and learnt how to cope. But with the twist in the final 2 pages., it left me asking why? What had made Naomi to do this but my questions wasn’t answered. It kind of felt like there should be another 2 chapters to follow or maybe a second book that explains everything
Overall I did enjoy the book, but not as much as I was expecting. I give it 3.5 stars
About the Author
Image from her Twitter profile
From Goodreads:
Jane is a general practitioner who completed a post-graduate diploma in Creative Writing at Bristol university and went on to study for a M.A in Creative writing at Bath Spa. She was shortlisted for the Janklow and Nesbitt award and the Lucy Cavendish fiction prize for Daughter, her first novel.
She and her husband, a Professor of Neurosurgery, have 5 children and live in Bristol, England.
You can also find Jane on her website
Sounds like the book had promise but was lacking those final details, I hate being left to second guess why things happened! Thanks for sharing with #ReadWithMe
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I hate it when a book leaves me with questions. It does sound like a good read though.
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Thanks for the insight. I’ll maybe get a copy of this as I’ve three daughters myself and might learn something useful for the future! #Readwithme
I’ve read this book it was brilliant full of twists and turns and the ending surprised me
I actually got this from Amazon the other week – it is what I am taking on holiday with me.
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I have heard a lot of mixed reviews about this, will be picking it up soon
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It’s a shame when you have such high hopes for a book and although it’s good it’s not quite as good as you’d hope for x
It sounds like it could be an interesting read, shame you didn’t enjoy it quite as much as you thought you would. x
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oh this sounds like a great read and something I would enjoy may have to treat myself
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This looks like a good read. About to go on holiday so lining up a few books x
This sounds like a really interesting book, I’ve never heard of the author before.
It’s a shame you didn’t really enjoy it as much as you had hoped.
My friend is reading this book at the moment actually and shes feeling the same way by the sounds of it, good but not great. I’m still going to borrow it after her though!! xxx
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Sounds like a very interesting story and now I want to know what happened to her! I’ll have to get this book 🙂
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It sounds like an interesting read, although I hate it when books leave me with unanswered questions.
Shame it didn’t quite live up to expectations 🙁 This sounds a bit like Gone Girl except with a child character missing. I’ve seen this book around before so I’ll bear it in mind but I’m not desperate to pick it up if you were a bit disappointed!
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It’s a shame this didn’t live up to your expectations! I hate unanswered questions in books!
It’s a shame it wasn’t as good as you expected it to be, I would probably still read it as it sounds like my type of book.
Thanks for the review – Will see if I can pick his up.
Good review; not sure if I would enjoy this book tho.
aw no! sounds like it was all built up but with a disappointing end to it
I am sorry that it did not quite adhere to your expectations but I am glad you still enjoyed elements of the book regardless!
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I really like the author so am keen to give it a go, just finding the time these days!
I’ve been seeing good rates for her book and I would love to read it as well and make an own review.
I love mystery books, though I mostly read non-fiction mysteries. I might have to give this one a go all the same!
Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next Sunday x
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I have heard various reviews of this book. I can’t decide whether to give it a go – I prefer books with a strong ending. I know some people prefer unanswered questions. #KCACOLS
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The write-up sounded good but doesn’t sound as though you enjoyed it too much. That’s always disappointing #KCACOLS
I do like the look of this book, but it has mixed reviews so I am not sure if I would go ahead and read it. xx
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Oh no how annoying that at the end you didn’t feel like you got all your answers. I don’t like that feeling when I finish a book either. In general it seems like an interesting book although that mix reviews will not really make me go and buy it. Thank you so much for sharing your review at #KCACOLS. I’m really happy that you joined us for the first time. I really hope that you like it and it would be lovely to see you again on Sunday! 🙂 xx
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Mmmmm, interesting review. I love books that have an unexpected ending. But not so much when you don’t feel the story has been finished to a satisfactory end. I know some Authors might think, it leaves the reader wanting more, and gives them scope for a second book, but I prefer a definitive ending!
Good informative review though, thank you for sharing. I always enjoy reading other people’s book reviews. My bookblog is also on #kcacols every week. I hope to see you again here next week.
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I can’t remember if I enjoyed this or not, I think I remember thinking the family were selfish when the poor mum clearly worked really blimmin hard for them! Typical haha #KCACOLS
Aww what a shame it didn’t live up to expectations, I hate that! I recently read a book I couldn’t finish because it was just missing something! #kcacols
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I was wanting to read that, but I think I’ll give it a miss now. Thanks for saving me the trouble!!
Thanks for posting your honest review, maybe I’ll give this one a miss
Thanks for the review. I find it frustrating when books leave parts of the story dangling, so I think I will give this one a miss.