It was a pretty good story and fast read. But I thought it was going to be very different based on the title and synopsis. Mostly just cause of the title, though.

The only characters I hated were Diane's parents. And Megan. I liked everyone else.

I'm kind of sad with the way the story ended, but I understand why it did.

There were definitely parts of the story that made me cry. Especially at the beginning.

It was a pretty good book. But the title doesn't really fit the story itself.

It's definitely the best of the series.

It really picked up in this book. And there was so much in here that wasn't in the movies. The last few chapters were great. I can't believe all that was left out!

Sam was definitely the real hero of the story. Even after they got back to the Shire, it was Merry, Pippin, and Sam who did what was needed. Frodo pretty much did nothing except carry the ring.

Frodo would have died or given in long before reaching Mount Doom if it hadn't been for Sam.

However, Frodo was still needed. There needed to be one to carry the burden, whether that was Frodo or someone else, and one to help them get to where they needed to go. No matter who carried the ring, they would've been so affected by it that they wouldn't have made it there alone.

So even though Frodo only carried the ring and didn't do any kind of fighting, he was still important to the story.

I'm glad to have finally read the books, but I will never do a reread of this series.

It was good, up to when they came face to face with the bad guys. That whole thing happened so quickly and was so short that it was anticlimactic.

Other than the way it ended, it was a pretty good read. I really liked the characters. I didn't come across any characters that I didn't like.

And I like that the way it ended was in a way that you could just end it with book one or choose to keep reading the rest of the series. I'm probably gonna read more of it.

I read that this book was inspired by real-life cases. Just makes it so much sadder if that's true.

I was not expecting some of the things that happened. Like what had happened to Monday. And what was happening to Claudia.

The last few chapters made me cry a little.

It was a good read. Sad, but good.

This one lost half a star for how stupid she was being at the end.

I listened to the audiobook for this one. And I feel like you get more out of it with the audiobook!

It was really good. There were many times that had me second-guessing her choices and what she did.

I wasn't expecting that reveal at the end either! But it made so much of the story make sense after.

If she hadn't tried to do what she did towards the end, it definitely would have been a 5 star read.