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Book Reviews of The Girl in the Leaves

The Girl in the Leaves
The Girl in the Leaves
Author: Robert Scott, Sarah Maynard, Larry Maynard
ISBN-13: 9780425258828
ISBN-10: 0425258823
Publication Date: 12/31/2012
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: Berkley
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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2 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

ilovebooksanddogs avatar reviewed The Girl in the Leaves on + 356 more book reviews
Interesting true crime story but the book seemed to just drag on and on so it lost my interest about 3/4 of the way through.
reviewed The Girl in the Leaves on + 147 more book reviews
I would give this book zero stars if I could. Really not very well written. We know early on who the perpetrator is. The author listed several tips (three pages worth) that came in from the public. They really added nothing to the story--I felt the author included them as "filler" because he didn't have much to comprise a book. The author also included comments that the townfolk made to the media about the missing people, etc. In my opinion, these didn't add anything to the story, either. Amazon reviewers who gave one and two stars commented that it seemed the author had extracted his information from news stories and then compiled that into a book. I would agree with that theory--the author did little real research (i.e., interviewing people himself) but simply regurgitated news reports.