Finding Charlie

Finding Charlie
Author: Katie O’Rourke

Narrator: Kaitlin Chin
Published: December 15, 2015
Audiobook

Reviewed By: Jessica
Jessica’s Rating: 3 stars
Dates Read: March 18-25, 2020

Book Description:

It isn’t like Charlie to stay out all night without calling, but maybe Olivia doesn’t know her little sister as well as she thought.

When Charlie vanishes without warning, the people who love her are worried sick. Even if the law considers her an adult at nineteen, Charlie’s still the baby of her already broken family. Older sister Olivia is determined to figure out what’s happened. She finds a lost cell phone, an abandoned car and a shady boyfriend she’s never met before. And he’s not the only secret Charlie’s been keeping.

This disappearance feels uncomfortably familiar, reminding Olivia and her father of another loss years before. But this will be different, Olivia swears. Charlie’s coming back.

Jessica’s Review:

Olivia and Charlie’s mom left them with their father 12 years ago and have not seen her since. And now Charlie is nineteen years old and has gone missing, which is unlike her.  Olivia starts searching for Charlie in her own way, as the police won’t really do anything yet, as Charlie is of age.  During her search Olivia learns more about Charlie than she ever expected. 

This is an unhurried, character driven novel with multiple narrators to give you the story of this family.  The novel’s name has a double meaning as Olivia is searching for Charlie while Charlie is trying to discover who she is.  This novel shows the family life and relationships that all members have.  There is no action involved in the story, so Finding Charlie was slow moving for me and I was losing interest in it, though I did finish the novel. You guys know I Iove a good thriller, but also read other genres (including women’s fiction/contemporary fiction such as Finding Charlie), so this was nothing to fault the novel or author. It just wasn’t really a novel for me. I will be giving O’Rourke another try by reading her collection of short stories Still Life, which is free on Kindle.

Many thanks to the author for granting me an audible copy in exchange for a review. 

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