I don't know how I feel about this book.
I was looking for suspenseful, engaging classics. After searching online, this one caught my attention. I had never heard of it.
Ms. Lindsay certainly kept me engaged until the last word. I also appreciated her style of writing. I am not sure if I liked the ending . . . none of the questions are answered. It makes me wonder what was the point of of some the details and the paths to inferences.
On February 14, 1900 a group of girls from an Australian boarding school head off to Hanging Rock for a picnic. The girls are anticipating a day without restrictions. Four girls decide to hike into the bush. A teacher follows them. One girl who was with them returns- running and screaming but unable to utter what she witnessed. Days later one of the missing girls is found unconscious. After she recovers, she does not remember what occurred on that fateful day. The other two girls and the teacher never return or are ever found. What happened to them? More deaths ensue.
Very intriguing and suspenseful.
The author had written a last chapter revealing what happened to the girls. Her publisher, however, told her to remove it. The "missing" last chapter is available to purchase.
Considerations/Discuss: anger, deaths, suicide, murder
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