{"id":43281,"date":"2018-01-04T11:12:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T16:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=43281"},"modified":"2018-01-02T12:27:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T17:27:50","slug":"not-become-alarmed-maile-meloy-library-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/not-become-alarmed-maile-meloy-library-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy [in Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43258\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/Do-Not-Become-Alarmed-by-Maile-Meloy-on-BookDragon-523x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/Do-Not-Become-Alarmed-by-Maile-Meloy-on-BookDragon-523x800.jpg 523w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/Do-Not-Become-Alarmed-by-Maile-Meloy-on-BookDragon.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/>Maile Meloy (<em>Madame Lazarus<\/em>) makes her narrating debut with this disturbing thriller that showcases a parent&#8217;s worst nightmare \u2013 the disappearance of children. Best friends and cousins Liv and Nora take their husbands and two children (each) on a holiday cruise. The families bask in the easy luxury, making friends with an Argentine couple with two kids as well.<\/p>\n<p>At a Central American stopover, the fathers decide to golf, the mothers and six children choose a zip line tour. When their tour van blows a tire en route, the motley group stops at a nearby beach. While the adults are distracted, the children vanish. Bonds, sanity, and truth are all tested as the parents begin their desperate search.<\/p>\n<p>As reader, Meloy delivers a narrative that is disproportionately languid, a jarring contrast to one that continuously describes brutal events \u2013 dead bodies, shallow graves, drug-running, and rape. More cringe-inducing are the stereotypes that populate the Latin American cast: drug lords, an eager-to-please guide, a maid, and undocumented immigrants. Her overprivileged, private school-attending, Tesla-driving, Hollywood-connected California tourists don&#8217;t fare much better.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict<\/strong>: For stronger, less offensive narratives involving missing children try Janice Y.K. Lee&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/the-expatriates-by-janice-y-k-lee-in-christian-science-monitor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Expatriates<\/em><\/a> or Amity Gaige&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/schroder-by-amity-gaige\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Schroder<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookverdict.com\/details.xqy?uri=Product2018-01-01-5712576.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Audio,&#8221;<em> Library Journal<\/em>, January 1, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maile Meloy (Madame Lazarus) makes her narrating debut with this disturbing thriller that showcases a parent&#8217;s worst nightmare \u2013 the disappearance of children. Best friends and cousins Liv and Nora take their husbands and two children (each) on a holiday cruise. 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