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jamielit's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
3.5
While the first in this series remains my favorite, I still love this group of kids and the terrifying adventures they get thrown into.
tani's review against another edition
4.0
Extremely quick listen, extremely fun listen. So glad that I realized this isn't the last book in the series before listening to this, or I would have been livid at that ending.
smalltownbookmom's review against another edition
4.0
Another great addition to the Small spaces middle grade horror series! This instalment sees the friends stranded on an island in the summer with a dangerous water snake and a ghostly sailor. Friendships are tested the Smiling man makes a final bargain setting up for the fourth and final book. Great on audio and definitely worth checking out if you like a well written #SpookySeason middle grade adventure.
amber_lyn's review against another edition
3.75
I like how each book in this series is from a different perspective for most of it. This one is Brian’s.
If snakes freak you out, this might get you. The stakes get raised in this book in several ways.
If snakes freak you out, this might get you. The stakes get raised in this book in several ways.
sanjastajdohar's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 The Small Spaces Quartet is definitely one of my favorite scary series, however, this book didn't live up to the previous two. It had some great moments and references (Mr. Adler is the best!), the addition of Phil's story is great, but the plot and everything else seemed to miss the mark a bit. I treat is as a transition story to the final instalment, so viewed as that, it is decent. On to the finale!
brandypainter's review against another edition
2.0
Well, this was both disappointing and annoying. I really enjoyed the first two books in this series. In fact, they were favorite reads of last year. I was really looking forward to what I assumed would be the end of a rather delightful trilogy. Instead a fourth child is added to the group here and this is largely a bridge book to what will truly (hopefully) be the end of the series. I felt cheated when I reached the end, as not only does it end on a cliffhanger, but I thought I still had 1/4 of the book left to go. But no. All those unread pages were jus the beginning of the first book. Grrr. Will I read the next one? Probably because I want to know how this ends. Will I read a 5th book if it doesn't actually end? Absolutely not.
shiloniz's review against another edition
4.0
Not as spooky as the two before in the series, but equally as fun and quite stressful nonetheless. I will anxiously await the conclusion to the quartet.
lurieta's review against another edition
3.0
I'm really loving this entire series. This particular book was not my favorite as the story felt a little all over the place and the Smiling Man's world didn't feel as developed as the first book, but holy crap that ending.
tombs's review against another edition
3.0
This book is full of the stuff I enjoyed in the series. Imaginative word wrangling and complete characters with full lives. And that campfire ghost story vibe I love from Arden.
But this is the first of the three that ends unsatisfactory. Which bumps the book down a nudge for me. Previous books ended as if they were their own story.
And while my hardcover edition say 256 pages. Only 198 of them is the actual book. The rest is from Small Spaces and Dead Voices.
But this is the first of the three that ends unsatisfactory. Which bumps the book down a nudge for me. Previous books ended as if they were their own story.
And while my hardcover edition say 256 pages. Only 198 of them is the actual book. The rest is from Small Spaces and Dead Voices.