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   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  marquis784 | Mar 27, 2024 |    ) lmauro123 | Dec 28, 2023 | ) lmauro123 | Dec 28, 2023 | Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for an opportunity to read and honestly review an advanced digital copy. ( ) tb0607 | Mar 5, 2023 | True crime is a disturbing genre, and with each day more books, films, tv specials, and podcasts exploring these twisted transgressions deliver a shocking window into the darkest parts of humanity. Missing Clarissa is a fictional novel intended for young adults, but the plot centers on a crime drawn straight from the headlines: on a dark night deep in the woods, a beautiful blond cheerleader goes missing, never to be seen alive again. After two decades of searching, the case has grown cold. When best friends Blair and Cam are assigned a high school journalism project, they decide to make a podcast about the disappearance that made their town famous. Despite initial high hopes for the novel, I struggled to connect with the material. The narration felt too conveniently omniscient, and the main characters were difficult to like. There were some positive steps toward inclusive representation in the novel, but I wish that the characters had been more fully developed. From a content standpoint, the author seemed to have an agenda, and it promoted several controversial opinions within the characters’ dialogue. The resolution to the mystery seemed rushed, the culprit was rather obvious, and the love stories wrapped up with the same speed and lack of subtlety. I had expected more from this novel, and sadly, cannot recommend it. (  ) LiteraryLeftovers | Mar 3, 2023 | no reviews | add a review
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Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
Young Adult Fiction.
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Twenty years later, two high school junior students create a podcast for their journalism class about the disappearance of Clarissa Campbell. The two friends, Blair and Cameron, set out to impress their teacher but find themselves too invested in trying to uncover the truth to stop. They proceed with reinvestigating old suspects and witnesses who were around the night that Clarissa was overheard arguing with her football player boyfriend, Brad Bennett. It seems that the two girls are starting to stir up memories about the past which could likely be putting themselves in danger. Their quest for justice not only puts themselves in danger but inadvertently cast suspicion in the wrong direction.
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