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justmeandmybooks_'s review
2.0
This book was quite bad. But it was also REALLY enjoyable. And like... ridiculously angsty and made me want to throw it across the room half the time. But mostly enjoyable. Ish.
Okay but seriously it was like so low quality? And I don't mean to be rude but... the writing was some of the WORST writing I've ever read. It was real bad.
Also way too much hockey. Just saying. I was booooooored by all the hockey. (I hear too much about it in real life okay?)
And just like... how was this so bad? The characters were nothing special, and the writing was AWFUL. Truly awful. I think this book needed a few more rounds of copy edits, and also there was WAY too much filler.
I will say, the plot was engaging, and the plot twist was legit really surprising! My guesses were... totally off. So that was good at least. And I could NOT put this book down.
Still though... it wasn't great. The writing was BAD. And the book was like half dumb angst over romances I didn't care about the slightest bit.
Also can we talk about the way Robyn treated Morgan?? Like look, I get that Morgan was being shitty, but her boyfriend was just MURDERED. She had the right to be a bit shitty. She was grieving. And Robyn wasn't cutting her ANY slack. Which was... uncool. Like for gods sake give her some time to grieve before you get all mad at her for thinking one of her friends did it. SHE'S GRIEVING.
And then there was the Aspergers rep... I can't really speak on it, but I'm *pretty sure* it was BAD. It just... felt off to me. Really off. I mean, the kid was a sweetheart (best character in the whole book actually), but he was also a walking stereotype with very little personality aside from his Aspergers. Which felt uncool. I really don't feel educated enough to really say this, but I just really didn't think it had the feel of good rep, and I think it's better to err on the side of caution and say that it felt a bit off.
So overall? This book was dumb. Really dumb. And just... bad.
Okay but seriously it was like so low quality? And I don't mean to be rude but... the writing was some of the WORST writing I've ever read. It was real bad.
Also way too much hockey. Just saying. I was booooooored by all the hockey. (I hear too much about it in real life okay?)
And just like... how was this so bad? The characters were nothing special, and the writing was AWFUL. Truly awful. I think this book needed a few more rounds of copy edits, and also there was WAY too much filler.
I will say, the plot was engaging, and the plot twist was legit really surprising! My guesses were... totally off. So that was good at least. And I could NOT put this book down.
Still though... it wasn't great. The writing was BAD. And the book was like half dumb angst over romances I didn't care about the slightest bit.
Also can we talk about the way Robyn treated Morgan?? Like look, I get that Morgan was being shitty, but her boyfriend was just MURDERED. She had the right to be a bit shitty. She was grieving. And Robyn wasn't cutting her ANY slack. Which was... uncool. Like for gods sake give her some time to grieve before you get all mad at her for thinking one of her friends did it. SHE'S GRIEVING.
And then there was the Aspergers rep... I can't really speak on it, but I'm *pretty sure* it was BAD. It just... felt off to me. Really off. I mean, the kid was a sweetheart (best character in the whole book actually), but he was also a walking stereotype with very little personality aside from his Aspergers. Which felt uncool. I really don't feel educated enough to really say this, but I just really didn't think it had the feel of good rep, and I think it's better to err on the side of caution and say that it felt a bit off.
So overall? This book was dumb. Really dumb. And just... bad.
vita_s_west's review against another edition
3.0
The mystery in this book was really good. And this was probably one of the better books in the series but Robyn really frustrated me. She came off as a bit of a pushover and didn't really have any, well, 'angry moments' you could say. She doesn't seem to be teen sleuth material, the way she doesn't even stick up for herself to her own best friend. (Even Billy really annoyed me.)
The other thing that irritated me was the last couple pages. I felt it would have been better if the author had ended the book a chapter earlier. The ending was just a little too nicely wrapped. But then again this is a book for the younger set.
The other thing that irritated me was the last couple pages. I felt it would have been better if the author had ended the book a chapter earlier. The ending was just a little too nicely wrapped. But then again this is a book for the younger set.
bethmitcham's review
4.0
McClintock lets her characters do really nasty things, like betray friends and forgive awful people. The mystery itself seems like a vehicle to look clearly at specific people grappling with situations that test them in some way, tests they often do poorly on.
And then the boring bits about Robyn's crush on Nick, which is dull because I've not read the books (I assume they exist at the start of the series) where he's a decent guy; I only know him as the unpleasant guy at the end.
And then the boring bits about Robyn's crush on Nick, which is dull because I've not read the books (I assume they exist at the start of the series) where he's a decent guy; I only know him as the unpleasant guy at the end.
iris's review
2.0
This book was quite bad. But it was also REALLY enjoyable. And like... ridiculously angsty and made me want to throw it across the room half the time. But mostly enjoyable. Ish.
Okay but seriously it was like so low quality? And I don't mean to be rude but... the writing was some of the WORST writing I've ever read. It was real bad.
Also way too much hockey. Just saying. I was booooooored by all the hockey. (I hear too much about it in real life okay?)
And just like... how was this so bad? The characters were nothing special, and the writing was AWFUL. Truly awful. I think this book needed a few more rounds of copy edits, and also there was WAY too much filler.
I will say, the plot was engaging, and the plot twist was legit really surprising! My guesses were... totally off. So that was good at least. And I could NOT put this book down.
Still though... it wasn't great. The writing was BAD. And the book was like half dumb angst over romances I didn't care about the slightest bit.
Also can we talk about the way Robyn treated Morgan?? Like look, I get that Morgan was being shitty, but her boyfriend was just MURDERED. She had the right to be a bit shitty. She was grieving. And Robyn wasn't cutting her ANY slack. Which was... uncool. Like for gods sake give her some time to grieve before you get all mad at her for thinking one of her friends did it. SHE'S GRIEVING.
And then there was the Aspergers rep... I can't really speak on it, but I'm *pretty sure* it was BAD. It just... felt off to me. Really off. I mean, the kid was a sweetheart (best character in the whole book actually), but he was also a walking stereotype with very little personality aside from his Aspergers. Which felt uncool. I really don't feel educated enough to really say this, but I just really didn't think it had the feel of good rep, and I think it's better to err on the side of caution and say that it felt a bit off.
So overall? This book was dumb. Really dumb. And just... bad.
Okay but seriously it was like so low quality? And I don't mean to be rude but... the writing was some of the WORST writing I've ever read. It was real bad.
Also way too much hockey. Just saying. I was booooooored by all the hockey. (I hear too much about it in real life okay?)
And just like... how was this so bad? The characters were nothing special, and the writing was AWFUL. Truly awful. I think this book needed a few more rounds of copy edits, and also there was WAY too much filler.
I will say, the plot was engaging, and the plot twist was legit really surprising! My guesses were... totally off. So that was good at least. And I could NOT put this book down.
Still though... it wasn't great. The writing was BAD. And the book was like half dumb angst over romances I didn't care about the slightest bit.
Also can we talk about the way Robyn treated Morgan?? Like look, I get that Morgan was being shitty, but her boyfriend was just MURDERED. She had the right to be a bit shitty. She was grieving. And Robyn wasn't cutting her ANY slack. Which was... uncool. Like for gods sake give her some time to grieve before you get all mad at her for thinking one of her friends did it. SHE'S GRIEVING.
And then there was the Aspergers rep... I can't really speak on it, but I'm *pretty sure* it was BAD. It just... felt off to me. Really off. I mean, the kid was a sweetheart (best character in the whole book actually), but he was also a walking stereotype with very little personality aside from his Aspergers. Which felt uncool. I really don't feel educated enough to really say this, but I just really didn't think it had the feel of good rep, and I think it's better to err on the side of caution and say that it felt a bit off.
So overall? This book was dumb. Really dumb. And just... bad.
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