Review: Unspeakable Things

Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book was really interesting to me for several reasons. I like thrillers, I'm drawn to spunky teen protagonists, and the actual events this book is based upon happened in a small Minnesota town my family used to visit each summer. 

The story is based on the Jacob Wetterling case, a child abduction that received national attention and has been recently solved - 27 years after the murder occurred.  There are many parallels, but the author also draws from her childhood and takes some creative license.  

I liked the way author lead the reader to draw conclusions without having to spell them out. She gave the reader just enough to be able to fill in the blanks  - which can be quite disturbing. The book ended with a door closing and the reader is left to decide the final ramifications for Cassie (our spunky protagonist)...UNLESS one visits the author's website and reads the epilogue she removed from the book. I liked the book with the ending as written, but I was satisfied with the book after I read the epilogue.

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