Boy Still Missing : A Novel

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Summary: Don't Miss This Book
Review: John Searles in his debut book, Boy Still Missing, tells the coming of age tale of a young man which will haunt readers long after they close this book. From a line which ended the prologue, "I wish I could have stopped the most important person in my life from dying, " to the closing line, "And a part of me who will always be a boy still missing the childhood he left too quickly behind," readers will be glued to the story of Dominck Pindle.

Dominick Pindle may appear to be a normal and average 15 year old but his life is anything but normal. Many is the night that he accompanies his mother and her friend while they go looking for Dominick's father in local bars. But then one night trailing his father to a woman's home will set Dominick, his mother, father and this woman on a course which can only lead to tragedy. With a rather eccentric and unhappy mother who is hiding secrets to his philandering father and missing money, we sit on the edge of pour seats as Dominick's world is about to fall apart. And we as readers have a front row seat to how Dominck deals with the cards life handed him and a young woman who may very well save him.

Not in a very long time have I found a young male character as engaging and as sorrowful as Dominick Pindle. I am sure that some readers will compare him to other male teenage protagonists, perhaps even Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye. But to me Dominck is a most unique young man whom we get to know and root for as we get closer to the end of this book.

I found this to be a well written book with wonderfully portrayed characters and a captivating theme. I do look forward to reading more books by this author in the future.