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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
I picked this book up after reading Maureen Johnson's tiny clever tiny book "Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village." This is equally clever, set in a private high school for genius juniors and seniors in northern Vermont. Stevie, the heroine, wants to solve the 1936 kidnapping and possible murders of the founder's wife and daughter along with the death of a student at the school. Her housemates are into writing, art, philosophy, drama, and making things. Like most genius teens, there is brilliance, angst, hormones, mistakes, blind spots, intensity . . . After making a video about a former tunnel on the property where the 1936 student's body was found, a current-day student has an accident with dry ice (which contains poisonous chemicals) or was it murder? Like many other young adult series, this book ends on a cliff hanger, so on to part two of three.
I want to give this book more like 2,5 stars considering how utterly frustrated I was that the ending was just a cliff hanger for the second book. Overall liked the writing style and the little hints to other detective stories though I found the flashbacks to be a bit boring. I wish the first book‘s plot was more tied together in the end.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
I really enjoyed this book! Definitely looking forward to the next one, though I didn't know going in that it wasn't a standalone.
Devoured this in a few days, I love love loved it!!! The writing style sucks you in, leaves you thinking about the book when you aren't reading it. I gotta get the next one!
“You have to take things as they are, not how you hear they're supposed to be.”
— 4 ★
That cliffhanger though!
I don’t usually like thrillers but this book, oh god. The atmosphere, the characters (Nate is so pure
— 4 ★
That cliffhanger though!
I don’t usually like thrillers but this book, oh god. The atmosphere, the characters (Nate is so pure
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Debo admitir que me gustó, me devolvió a los años en que era pequeña y leía misterio adolescente. Lo leí porque quería algo que me sacara del bloqueo y cumplió su debido. Le bajé puntaje porque no sabía que era una trilogía y no me esperaba un cliffhanger jajaj
Para una lectura casual tenía muchos detalles que no me esperaba, me gusta cómo estan escrito los personajes, tienen aspectos más profundos, y además, de verdad me dió mucha nostalgia de los libros de misterio que leía de pequeña
Para una lectura casual tenía muchos detalles que no me esperaba, me gusta cómo estan escrito los personajes, tienen aspectos más profundos, y además, de verdad me dió mucha nostalgia de los libros de misterio que leía de pequeña
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Murder
i loved the whole atmosphere of this book and all the characters! perfect fall teen murder mystery