Descent

Descent by Tim Johnston
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A daughter goes running with her brother in the mountains on vacation and is taken. So sure this is a story of how they find her (I won't say if she's dead or alive). But also of the emotional toll it takes on the members of her family left behind. It's not a perfect book--the chapter on the mom seems to just sit there without any follow-up or connection to the rest of the book--some parts stretch credulity--but overall it was a suspenseful, introspective, entertaining read into what it means to survive--even day by day.

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