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Masterminds: Criminal Destiny by Gordon Korman

4.1 AVERAGE

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thebrainlair's review against another edition

4.0
Until the very end, when I reached the part about the waterfall, I pictured Malik totally differently. I wish they would not have put the kids on the cover.

I wonder what time period this is set in? Tracking seems possible.

meghan_solo's review against another edition

3.25
fast-paced
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finagarvey's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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katrenia's review against another edition

4.0
A good follow up to book one with a cliffhanger ending! Whoa. So many surprises in this one.
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mmwood01's review

4.0
adventurous funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

thetowerofstories's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

jlynncarter1514's review against another edition

4.0
A solid book 2! I definitely recommend this series for middle age students. It keeps you guessing at every turn.
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genderqueer_hiker's review against another edition

3.0
It was an interesting and well told story, with decent character development. My biggest complaint is the amount of stock given to the idea that DNA would determine how innately good one is at crime. So much is assigned to DNA (love for brownies, selfishness, etc). I can suspend disbelief about inexperienced, sheltered kids being able to escape police and spring people from prison, but don't try to sell me the idea that identical DNA results in identical people! Just look at twins! I thought the first book was very well done, but the second book was much more "out there" in terms of believeability.

eitan743's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous

kyliebliss's review against another edition

5.0
I love that I was right about one of them going bad, though I would never have guess Hector! Totally thought he was coming back though, so I called that one. I also loved the way in which we get to learn about each of the criminals they are cloned after and see how all of them but Eli (we'd better learn more about his guy) have such strong personalities that match them.
Their whole sneaking around, breaking laws, and questioning their morals along the way was so enjoyable to me! And I loved the twist ending because I totally did not see it coming! I knew something had to go wrong before it ended, but I wasn't guessing it would be the betrayal that it was.

I'm still very bothered by how much Amber's goal weight is talked about. I have found absolutely no reason to glorify 13 year old years going on diets. The way she talks about her goal weight and the size of her clothes and obsessing over her food is absolutely disgusting for a child. If this book is aimed toward middle schoolers, in absolutely no way should be suggesting that this is a worry any child should be having. Being aware of your health is extremely different than being aware of your weight, and this book was not showing what a healthy mindset looks like.