Mainly the supporting ones – Frances (or should I say Libby?) gave me headaches and made me want to bang my head against the book more times than there are pages. That being said, there were many other things about Daughter of Deep Silence that I liked, and even loved. If Fances usually had to buy clothes of the sales rack, how was her family able to afford a cruise with wealthy people like senators? Why didn’t anyone besides Shephard realize that Frances was not Libby? « Hide Spoiler Why weren’t everyone else on the cruise? A lot of the guests had close family members that didn’t go. Some things just didn’t quite add up which only caused me to have so many questions. And don’t even get me started on the open ending…Īnd after that, there’s the fact that a lot of the details of the book were either created or ignored in favor of the plot. View Spoiler » I mean at one point she was almost willing to throw her revenge plans, the ones she spent two years working on, away just because she “loved” Grey. Also Frances was so love sick that is was kind of pathetic. The chance that you could meet someone that young and find real love after less than two weeks, is slim. Now there’s nothing wrong about falling in love early, but I’m a high schooler and I know how most kids my age act. Then it’s clear that it’s not only insta love, but insta love at fourteen years old. First there was the insta-love, which I am already not a big fan of. Sharp and incisive, Daughter of Deep Silence by bestselling author Carrie Ryan is a deliciously smart revenge thriller that examines perceptions of identity, love, and the lengths to which one girl is willing to go when she thinks she has nothing to lose.Ī lot of things bothered me about Daughter of Deep Silence. Even if it means taking down the boy she loves and possibly losing herself in the process. Only Frances Mace knows the terrifying truth, and she’ll stop at nothing to avenge the murders of everyone she held dear. In the wake of the devastating destruction of the luxury yacht Persephone, just three souls remain to tell its story-and two of them are lying. Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers

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