Review: All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda

Summary from Goodreads:

Like the spellbinding psychological suspense in The Girl on the Train and Luckiest Girl Alive, Megan Miranda’s novel is a nail-biting, breathtaking story about the disappearances of two young women—a decade apart—told in reverse.

It’s been ten years since Nicolette Farrell left her rural hometown after her best friend, Corinne, disappeared from Cooley Ridge without a trace. Back again to tie up loose ends and care for her ailing father, Nic is soon plunged into a shocking drama that reawakens Corinne’s case and breaks open old wounds long since stitched.

The decade-old investigation focused on Nic, her brother Daniel, boyfriend Tyler, and Corinne’s boyfriend Jackson. Since then, only Nic has left Cooley Ridge. Daniel and his wife, Laura, are expecting a baby; Jackson works at the town bar; and Tyler is dating Annaleise Carter, Nic’s younger neighbor and the group’s alibi the night Corinne disappeared. Then, within days of Nic’s return, Annaleise goes missing.

Told backwards—Day 15 to Day 1—from the time Annaleise goes missing, Nic works to unravel the truth about her younger neighbor’s disappearance, revealing shocking truths about her friends, her family, and what really happened to Corinne that night ten years ago.


Like nothing you’ve ever read before, All the Missing Girls delivers in all the right ways. With twists and turns that lead down dark alleys and dead ends, you may think you’re walking a familiar path, but then Megan Miranda turns it all upside down and inside out and leaves us wondering just how far we would be willing to go to protect those we love.

My Review:


What I Liked:

Mystery/Twist. The main reason I picked this book up for the second time was the mystery. I was intrigued by it and had to know the main twist. And it was the big reveal that saved this novel for me and made this a 3 star read for me. 

Main Character. The weird format made it hard for me to connect with the characters but I still liked the main one, Nic. The story was solely told from her point of view, which helped keep me interested in the story. I was able to enjoy it more because of the main character despite the format. 

What I Disliked:

Format. I really struggled with the unique format. The novel starts off on day one of the characters return to her home town but then tells us her story backwards. It goes from day 15 until it returns to the first day. I think the story would have been so much stronger and less confusing without the format. I even put the novel down for a few weeks just because I hated the format. 

Side Characters. I struggled to keep reading for a lot of reasons and the characters were apart of that. I felt that aside from the main character the rest were a flat and I did not connect with any of them. 

I recommend checking this novel out of the unique format intrigues you and for the intense mystery. 

My Rating:

3 Stars Out of 5 Stars