Shameless book plugs everywhere.

I get the fact this book is a follow up to the author’s other book, “A beautiful child.” But his shameless plugs every other sentence (it seems) is rather tedious and annoying and makes Birkbeck sound full of himself and high handed about the success of his book.

Asides from that, the book was great with details from the case which sparked my interest from Spotify’s Rotten Mango podcast. The audio was decent and was on track.

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Moving

Pray for the happy repose of the souls of Suzanne Marie Sevakis and her son Michael

Ummm no

It was very short and super duper redundant. He kept repeating entire events after a new fact or person was introduced. I literally checked 2 times to see if I had accidentally jumped back a chapter or two. You can find everything in this book in a two second google search. Sorry to be unkind but it was not good.

Heartbreaking

Please make sure you read a beautiful child first. It’s amazing to think how much one person can touch so many lies even when their life by all accounts is broken. Thank goodness for all the people that came together to put this massive puzzle together I cannot even imagine the profound effect it had on everyone involved with this investigation and learning about the story. I wish I could say it was just fiction but unfortunately we know that’s not true.

This sequel delivers

This sequel delivered on all that was yet unknown at the end of its prequel, A Beautiful Child.

Despite having read the first book and viewing various research on the case, the multilayers of deception surrounding Suzanne’s life are still difficult to comprehend.

Matt Birkbeck successfully treads a fine journalistic line again. Bringing dark facts to the light for further examination, but never veering into sensationalism or judgment, even when it would be far simpler to do so. He weaves together the many, many lives Suzanne touched, and the final pages honor her life and memory in a way that brought tears to my eyes.

Haunting Yet Soooo Satisfying

I read A Beautiful Child and the tragic story of Sharon Marshall some years ago. It was an incredible read, and it always stuck with me. Sharon had so much to give, yet the circumstances surrounding her life with the monster she called her father sickened me. There were many sleepless nights as I always wondered who was Sharon Marshall, and where did she come from, who were her parents, her family. In Finding Sharon, Matt Birkbeck continues the journey he started in 2004 and brings us the stunning conclusion to an astonishing story. I'm new to audiobooks but enjoyed it greatly. Listening to the author tell his own story of how this all came to be brought me even closer, and I was in tears when he tied up all the loose ends, and then some with a remarkable ending. This is one of the most amazing true stories you'll ever read, yet one that is so well told.