Mia Dennett, a twenty something
urban girl, goes missing. After a few months, when she is rescued from her
kidnapper, she does not respond to the name Mia but claims that she is Chloe.
The doctor finds out that she is Mia/Chloe is pregnant, but she does not
remember how that happened. Twisted, eh?
I can’t say I liked this book
from the first page. The story is narrated from the perspectives of Mia, Colin,
Eve and Gabe. The narration also switches from before the incident and after
the incident. So initially, it was difficult to stay interested. But I had a
feeling that there was something more in here. And I was right. Somewhere after
almost 12-14 switches between “before and after” and putting every character’s
perspective in place, I started getting a hang of the plot. And it became
slightly interesting.
Mia Dennett is a not so favorite
child of the renowned Judge James Dennett and a homely and lovable Eve Dennett.
Due to differences with her parents, she starts staying away from them. And
then she goes missing. Just vanishes into thin air. When she reappears, Mia has
become Chloe. And Chloe does not remember anything about the last few months or
about being kidnapped. The story moves parallely in two parts: in one part, Mia
and Colin, her alleged kidnapper, who are oblivious to the chaos in the media
over Mia’s disappearance struggle to survive in a brutal weather and minimal
survival resources; whereas in the Eve and Gabe’s part of the story, they
struggle to gather clues which could somehow lead them to Mia. In the last few
chapters, the story becomes thrilling. However, at the end of the story when
the actual plot is exposed, I was partially surprised and partially
disappointed. I felt the storyline itself was better off without that last
twist.
I was put off initially by its
plausible similarity with the The Gone Girl but I don’t think that is
justified. Both are comfortable in their own places. While I completely
disliked the The Gone Girl, I can’t say I regret picking up this one.
If you have a higher patience
quotient and like suspense thrillers, you might actually enjoy this one. For
me, it was an average read.
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