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13.9k reviews for:

El Caso Vermont

Maureen Johnson

3.9 AVERAGE

mia_scheepers2008's review against another edition

4.0

informative mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

solsinsk's review against another edition

3.0

I'm a little conflicted about this book. I enjoyed the writing, but I found it incredibly unfulfilling as a novel. It's the equivalent of reading the first six chapters of a larger book; you learn about the world and the characters, introduce a plot....and then it ends.

Let me be clear, I don't mind serial storytelling that carries over from book to book - but usually there's at least ONE arc wrapped up by the end (either personal or plot-related). Truly Devious has two mysteries and gives no concrete answers to either, and the characters undergo no meaningful changes. So it's hard for me to even review this without reading the rest of the (I assume) series.

It's a shame because like I said, I think it's well-written and has an engaging lead heroine. I just wish there was more meat on the bones to make me want to pick up the inevitable second one.

dramagirl2003's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

oh damn this is intriguing. not as much like AGGGTM as i was hoping, but still excellent

thoughts while reading

p7: i suspect that dottie…actually i don’t know what expect. my theory is changing every moment

p8: omg, truly devious

p89: which fyi is a process that joins metal parts using a low-melting-point metal alloy called solder

p242: that makes so much sense

p285: is it leonard nair holmes or leonard holmes nair? make up your mind people

p287: and one of them is probably truly devious

p384: oh please don’t let it really be one of them.

of the two, david

seems more likely, so it’s probably

ellie

p385: actually the evidence points to

ellie

but *chilling thought alert* i think it’s

pix

p403: ellingham

offed himself

. i don’t have proof, and i can’t find his last riddle, but i’m 80% convinced

p416: that was a random ending

Content Warnings

odhranwynne's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

galacticallz's review against another edition

4.0

Nate, I love you so much - please don’t ever do anything wrong.

thebookhunter13's review against another edition

5.0

Truly devouring! I did not want to put this book down. I just had to know what was going on here. Maureen Johnson can create a mystery that grabs a hold of you and does not release. I am starting the sequel immediately!

tris_pageturner's review against another edition

4.0

4.5 stars!

I enjoyed this newish YA mystery novel a lot! It had a slow beginning, but I couldn’t put it down after around 15 chapters.

CW: murder and some passionate kissing.