The Girls Are Gone: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Vanished, the Father Who Kept Searching, and the Adults Who Conspired to Keep the Truth Hidden

interesting, but too much detail
I found this book very interesting, but could have been shorter. It was interesting to read the actual court room transcription, but after so many hearings it became tedious. In the beginning, with all of the mess these people found themselves in, it was good to read the court information. But, there were just too many trials to have this many transcripts. I would have liked to have the initial ones, then as the book went on just a synopsis of what was happening and who was being charged would have been good. I spent many years working in a Family Court setting and later volunteering in a Child Advocacy setting so I know how crazy these people can be. I find it apprehensible that so many mothers use their children in the way this mother did. Unfortunately, it is all too common. Kudos to the reporters that stayed on this case and did the research to bring out the story.

If it wasn’t a true story, it would have been hard to believe.
The story started out very slow, a bit hard to read but I found myself being drawn into the lives of this family.

A struggle to read
I had to force myself to finish this book. There are too many court documents that are so boring and could be summarized into 2 sentences. There are so many spelling and grammatical errors, which I am guessing is how the original documents were written. I average a novel per week, but this one was so much longer because it is not an interesting read. I kept at it, while flipping to other novels in between, to keep from being so bored. This could have been so much better if the decision to not use so much meaningless court documents entered word for word. I’m not a quitter, so I pushed through. What a nightmare these children and the courts were put through. It should have been apparent from the beginning someone is mentally challenged.

What can I say…
I’d rather watch paint dry.I couldn’t even read it all. I finally gave up on page 377,though I wanted to long before.It was repetitive and.coma inducing.I had bought this for .99, which isn’t much, but, on a budget it was eeked out because it seemed interesting. It was not. How a story about a mom interfering in the relationship with her children and their father, was so long winded and boring, I dong understand.There were a few errors that I probably wouldn’t have noticed if I’d been more engaged in the book. Instead, they just added more irritation and frustration.I ended up going to Google to find out what happened to those involved. The journalist, Michael (whatever)’s part was the worst. He would explain what had happened then added his articles of which he had just explained. This made the book longer than was needed and took me much longer to read than it normally would.Don’t read this if it’s possible you’ll fall asleep and injure yourself.To say I don’t recommend this would be putting it too lightly. I implore you to save you sanity and look up online what happened, if your interest. Don’t waste any leisure time on this.

This is one of the best story’s I’ve ever read. It’s unbelievable how evil some people can be. The unwavering love a father had and continues to have for his children. I.hope you are all happy now and God bless you all

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