Elizabeth Is Missing in Around the World in 80 Books

Nov 14, 2017 Astrid Lim rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: british, thriller-mystery, tragedy, puzzle, twist

Uhmmm... I expected more than this, actually. The premise is pretty interesting- about an old woman who is having dementia and losing her memory day by day.. But she's troubled because of her best friend Elizabeth who is missing, and that reminds her of her own sister who was missing after the World War II.

So the story is basically a double mystery- that connects the mystery from Maud's past and the current mystery she has, and how she tried to solve both mysteries when her memories is declining ...more

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Jan 16, 2015 alana rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ebook

Oh, wow, if I didn't have to do annoying things like sleep, I would have read this entirely in one sitting. I super loved Elizabeth is Missing! The story is told by Maud who is an elderly widow with a couple of middle-aged kids and a good friend named Elizabeth. Maud is at that age where she knows too many people who have died, forgets some daily essentials, and falls easily into vividly reliving memories. As the story progresses, Maud's mental state becomes increasingly problematic and frustrat ...more

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Jun 05, 2015 Dana rated it it was amazing

A remarkable, well-studied, portrayal of dementia for a young author. While Maud's daughter Helen frets over her mother's loss of memory, Elizabeth is only mildly disconcerted by it. She might forget whether she had made her tea, or what she set out to buy from the store, but one thing she's convinced of, it's that her friend Elizabeth is missing. Undeterred by her diminished capacity and indifferent to Helen's concerns, Maud is driven by her own certainty, determined to find out what happened t ...more

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