I hope you’re listening ~ Tom Ryan ☆ Book Review

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Up to my third book finished of the month 👏🏼 and probably my last one

Storygraph

3,5 ⭐️ / 5 Stars
Keep or unhaul? Keep! Even just for that cover!

The cover of this one is gorgeous! I like the hint of Delia’s secret as we can see the forefront shadow holding a hand to her mouth (the podcast) while also being part of a search. 

The podcast’s name ressembling Alice Oseman’s Radio Silence made me giggle a bit- although not at all on the same tones, I kept thinking about Alec whenever the name Radio Silent was dropped. Which I gotta admit is quite a good name for a missing person podcast. 

Delia as a character is relatable in a way that I understand her; unable to help her friend being taken away in front of her eyes, she tries to do something and help other families, creating a true crime podcast- while simultaneously not wanting to share her identification. 

As another child is taken away in the same area as Sibby did, I can see how that’s too close to home for her to relive, as she’s labeled as « the one who remained » from a decade old case. All the medias are harrassing her already to speak about the correlation and what not, so we can guess how difficult it is for her; even with her desire to help, she’s rolled up into it too much. 

All this time, she told herself she could only help spread the word about other’s for the laptop detectives to find the answers.. until she started following her own lead. What follows then is full of danger and action, keeping me on the edge of my seat until i’ve read the whole thing!

It’s really a beautiful ending, while also expressing how hard it must be for someone to be found after 10yrs being told they were someone else .. how hard it can be for them to try to get back into the life that they lost, and barely remember; something that sadly do happens in real life.