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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
I read this book years ago when I was probably ten or eleven years old. I remembered it fondly but forgot alot of the plot. I took it out from the library and found that it is still an excellent read. It deals with friendships and families. There is a mystery too. A great book for a young reader.
A childhood favorite. I wondered if it was still as great as I remembered, and it is. A disparate group of kids become friends, play interesting games, and get tangled up in a murder.
As a child, the whole book seemed so exotic to me. The ethnic diversity wasn't something I saw in my daily life. Everyone I'd ever met lived in a house, so I found these glimpses of apartment life extremely compelling.
The amount of freedom these city kids have is very much of the 70s, but modern kids might find it strange that parents in this story just let their kids do whatever.
Something I was unaware of until yesterday is that there's a sequel, The Gypsy Game, so I'm reading that now, with no expectation that it will transport me as The Egypt Game did when I was 7.
As a child, the whole book seemed so exotic to me. The ethnic diversity wasn't something I saw in my daily life. Everyone I'd ever met lived in a house, so I found these glimpses of apartment life extremely compelling.
The amount of freedom these city kids have is very much of the 70s, but modern kids might find it strange that parents in this story just let their kids do whatever.
Something I was unaware of until yesterday is that there's a sequel, The Gypsy Game, so I'm reading that now, with no expectation that it will transport me as The Egypt Game did when I was 7.
This book has haunted me, following me as a wisp of a memory into adulthood. I was obsessed with ancient Egypt as a kid (thought, like many others, that i would be a famous paleontologist or egyptologist) so I read anything I could get my hands on relating to the subject. I read it several times as a kid, but I've never re-read it as an adult. I know that I was both thrilled by and disappointed in it; thrilled by their games and the increasing intensity of them, and disappointed when everything became just paper, paint, and imagination. I wanted it to be real, as terrifying as it was. So those of you who say this book was inappropriate for children should consider that kids will generally self-monitor and can decide for themselves if they are uncomfortable with reading something. The memory of this book has a distinct nostalgia to it, and I will never regret reading it.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
i was too scared to read house of anubis in sixth grade so my teacher let me read this instead. and im so grateful she did.
i also really enjoy the bad reviews christians write for this book.
i also really enjoy the bad reviews christians write for this book.
adventurous
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