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pellegrinic's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
nicolednk's review against another edition
4.0
I received this book in a First Reads giveaway...
I found this novel to be a suspenseful, fun read for a YA audience. I enjoyed the environmental twists, and although it took a bit of imagination to believe in some of the characters, that's why it's fiction! I enjoyed Cara's little brother's abilities just like I enjoyed the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz. Neither is realistically possible, but that's the point. It's a story. I will be looking forward to picking up the next one!
I found this novel to be a suspenseful, fun read for a YA audience. I enjoyed the environmental twists, and although it took a bit of imagination to believe in some of the characters, that's why it's fiction! I enjoyed Cara's little brother's abilities just like I enjoyed the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz. Neither is realistically possible, but that's the point. It's a story. I will be looking forward to picking up the next one!
_b_a_l_'s review
2.0
Meant for kids in a way that doesn't allow adults to enjoy it too (at least I'm assuming that's what happened).
archergal's review
4.0
An enjoyable, quick read aimed at younger readers. Not a lot of tension in the story for grown-ups. The kids are brave and plucky as they try to find their missing mom.
Not sure I'll read more of the series, but this was fine.
Not sure I'll read more of the series, but this was fine.
rachel_abby_reads's review against another edition
1.0
I'd like to have rated it higher, as it had an interesting concept and was fairly engaging, but I frankly don't much care for any author who seems so careful in regard to the language young characters use, only to have them profane the name of the Savior. Not cool.
archergal's review against another edition
4.0
An enjoyable, quick read aimed at younger readers. Not a lot of tension in the story for grown-ups. The kids are brave and plucky as they try to find their missing mom.
Not sure I'll read more of the series, but this was fine.
Not sure I'll read more of the series, but this was fine.
__claire__jackson__'s review against another edition
4.0
The concept intrigued me, the execution failed me. The idea for this book was brilliant, and the imagery was beautiful, but everything else was just okay. I could tell that it was written for a younger audience, but I still enjoyed it as a surface-level entertaining book
hazelalaska's review against another edition
3.0
2.5
I found this book when I was working at my local library and doing the discards since they were weeding the collection of things that people weren’t checking out to make more room. I thought that the synopsis was interesting and that I might find a hidden gem here but that wasn’t the case. Nothing is explained at all. The characters are in the dark, but so are the readers. There’s a lot of extraordinary stuff going on in the book but there’s no reasons given for it to exist or even what’s really happening.
The story follows 13 year old Cara and her family, invluding her older brother Max and her 10 year old brother Jax after the mysterious disappearance of their mother. After I finished reading, I realized that as far as I can remember, the circumstances around her disappearance are never revealed. It just days that she disappeared on June 20th, but not what actually happened, other than the fact that she left a cryptic note behind.
Jax, Cara’s younger brother, is a sort of genius with strange abilities, somewhat like Charles Wallace from A Wrinkle in Time. He was an intereating character, given this, and he doesn’t act like your normal 10 year old boy.
Spoilers!!!
One thing I found interesting was that Jax is adopted, although it was only mentioned once at the beginning of the book. I’m assuming that this has some connection to the fact that he has the ability to “ping” or read other people’s minds. It also probably has somethig to do with their mom and whatever is actually going on, but unfortunately nothing was revealed in this book as to what that actually was, other than some kind of war between good and evil.
I found this book when I was working at my local library and doing the discards since they were weeding the collection of things that people weren’t checking out to make more room. I thought that the synopsis was interesting and that I might find a hidden gem here but that wasn’t the case. Nothing is explained at all. The characters are in the dark, but so are the readers. There’s a lot of extraordinary stuff going on in the book but there’s no reasons given for it to exist or even what’s really happening.
The story follows 13 year old Cara and her family, invluding her older brother Max and her 10 year old brother Jax after the mysterious disappearance of their mother. After I finished reading, I realized that as far as I can remember, the circumstances around her disappearance are never revealed. It just days that she disappeared on June 20th, but not what actually happened, other than the fact that she left a cryptic note behind.
Jax, Cara’s younger brother, is a sort of genius with strange abilities, somewhat like Charles Wallace from A Wrinkle in Time. He was an intereating character, given this, and he doesn’t act like your normal 10 year old boy.
Spoilers!!!
One thing I found interesting was that Jax is adopted, although it was only mentioned once at the beginning of the book. I’m assuming that this has some connection to the fact that he has the ability to “ping” or read other people’s minds. It also probably has somethig to do with their mom and whatever is actually going on, but unfortunately nothing was revealed in this book as to what that actually was, other than some kind of war between good and evil.
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