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This book was so fun! I couldn’t put it down and ended up reading until 4am. For a YA book, it’s better written with more realistic relationships and twists than most adult thriller/mysteries today. I loved the growing friendship between the two main characters, and hope there’s a sequel or series in the works!

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4.0

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Children's for the digital ARC of 'The Agathas' by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson.
I will admit that this book is one I didn't think I would normally pick up for myself - despite my love for crime and mystery reads. I had so many students over the past week tell me that they were looking forward to this book coming out, and asked if I was going to be getting it for the Mystery section in the classroom library. I decided to give it a shot, and was impressed. I really enjoyed diving into the worlds of Alice and Iris.The book definitely had twists I wasn't 100% expecting, and I definitely enjoyed the misdirection in the novel... the clues were all there waiting to be pieced together - just like with Miss Marple or Inspector Poirot!

eurydycja's review against another edition

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3.0

Słodkie są te nawiązania do Christie, ale chyba wewnętrznie liczyłam na jakieś bardziej szczegółowe, niż cytat przed każdym rozdziałem i powtarzające się zdanie "tak było w książkach Christie". Sama akcja natomiast nie wciągnęła mnie mocno, marzyłam żeby przyśpieszyła i coś mnie zszokowało.

jensenelliott's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

eponineeurydice's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5 stars. This was fun! Very cozy-mystery vibes. It was a nice read. I guessed the twist from pretty much the beginning, but there were a few moments that took me by surprise. I didn't really like the characters, and I've heard it compared to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, but that book is way better than this, in my oppinion. Honestly, I think that mystery just isn't my fav genre, and so I can judge the books a little more harshly. I'm just a bit underwhelmed, I guess. But also, it was still a really fun book that I enjoyed reading! The perfect Fall read.

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2.75

I got this intending it to be a gift for Avery, and might still give it it her along with an Agatha Christie novel, just because reading this book would still be better than reading no book at all.

I don’t read much YA at all so I’m not sure how much of my disappointment with the book was actual sloppiness with the story or just the reading level. The characters were hateful (maybe that’s just how teenagers are?)

The Agatha Christie angle - which was the entire reason I got the book and could have been a lot of fun - was treated like the product advertisements in The Truman Show. It felt gimmicky.

The mystery itself was okay, but the teens collaborating so much with the lawyer made the entire thing so obviously fictional that sometimes it felt like the authors wrote the book as a joke.

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