Still Missing
by Chevy Stevens
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Book Reviews of Still Missing
Book Review: Gathers momentum as it progresses
Summary: 4 Stars
This debut novel starts out strikingly. A young female realtor is abducted by a visitor to one of her open houses. The guy turns out to be particularly creepy and dominates and humiliates her daily in a specially constructed remote cabin he keeps her prisoner in for over a year. The story is told in retrospect by the victim who is seeing a therapist to help purge herself of the ordeal. The first hundred pages, while depicting awful events, seem highly repetitive and I was becoming tired of the tale, especially because since she's seeing a shrink and talking about it, you know she survives the ordeal. But a series of unexpected events--which I won't reveal here--up the stakes and restokes the novel's fire. It becomes a gripping read, the very definition of a "page turner." Stevens is particularly interested in how a trauma of this magnitude has a kind of ripple effect, altering the lives of many inter-related people. The ending is a bit of a stretch, but I suspect we'll hear a lot more about her in the years ahead. I'm already casting (in my mind) the movie for this book.Book Review: Good Thriller.
Summary: 4 Stars
I don't usually read this kind of book, but I saw that it had so many good reviews I figured I would give it a chance and I'm glad that I did. I enjoyed the story and found that it held my interest until the very end. I have to agree with some of the other reviewers here though, that I was surprised by the twist at the end. I didn't see that coming and I'm not sure it was totally believable, at least to me. (I'm not giving away any spoilers!)
This story was told by Annie through flashbacks in counselling. Annie is a real estate agent and is abducted while alone at an open house. She is held captive by "the Freak" for about a year. Her captor is controlling, abusive and demanding. Annie finally manages to free herself but her life, as she knew it, is over. The real Annie has gone "missing".
She spends the rest of the novel trying to find herself, though she is finally free from her abductor. Annie has to deal with the fear and anger this ordeal has caused, plus learn the truth about who was behind her disappearance.
Book Review: Too sadistic? No, realistic.
Summary: 5 Stars
I am not one to write reviews on anything, but i picked up this book from a bookstore despite the regular hardcover price. As a college student, trust me, 25 bucks is a lot. But let me tell you i am incredibly glad i bought it. Annie O'Sullivan is a thirty two year old realtor who was kidnapped. Through sessions with her shrink she uncovers the story of her captivity. Steven's does an amazing job telling Annie's story, it's like three books at once, the therapy session, the present and captivity. What captivated me the most was the realism in Steven's writing, she does an amazing job with characterization and the very contemporary dialogue made the characters seem much too real. I found myself having to stop from reading in public just because i would start tearing and if i continued i would start outright crying. After a few pages of reading I WAS Annie O'Sullivan. This story is very tragic and heart wrenching. But indeed it's beautifully written and captivating. A praise to Chevy Stevens, i am looking forward to reading more of her work.Book Review: Wow- couldn't put it down
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book in two days. I'm so tired of reading formulaic mysteries/thrillers, where I can guess the ending before the author even writes it, but this is not the case with this book! One of the many things that makes "Still Missing" unique is that it is mainly told through the voice of Annie during sessions with her psychiatrist. Annie sees the doctor to try and put her life back together after being abducted and held captive for a year in a cabin in the mountains.. We never meet the psychiatrist; we just hear Annie reciting the horrors of her year as a mountain woman, held prisoner by a man she refers to as "The Freak," being beaten, raped, and otherwise humiliated. Now that Annie has returned to her hometown of Clayton Falls, she still does not feel safe. Is she? Is there something behind her feeling of unease, or is it just a symptom of post-traumatic stress syndrome? Why was Annie abducted? The very unexpected answers to these questions will leave the reader hoping that Chevy Stevens quickly writes another book.Book Review: Put this in your MBR (Must Be Read) pile
Summary: 5 Stars
This book captivated me from the first session to the last. Annie O'Sullivan is a victim who does everything in her power to not be helpless and hopeless. The reader experiences her year-long captivity by a sick rapist and control freak via her session with her chosen therapist.
This story is more like "Where are the Children" than "The Shining" and more like "T is for Trespass" than "One for the Money." There's not alot of happiness in this book. It is filled with sorrow, suspense and regret. It will make you think. For days. It stays with you.
I read it on my reader yesterday (Sunday, July 25, 2010) as my husband drove the car. He kept asking, "Why are you crying?" "Are you reading that same book?" "Are you crying again?" "Have you put that thing down at all?" "Can you put it down and help me find the exit?" "Honey, here's a tissue, that must be a good book."
So ... stop what you are doing and go to your nearest brick and mortar or online bookstore and get this book! I insist. Pip! Pip!