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aundie27's review against another edition
3.0
Plot
Tess, Theo, and Jaime might not be getting along, but there's still the cipher to solve. They follow the clues around and outside of the city, only to get themselves in trouble with Stark [the potentially future mayor who has loads of money, their parents, and the police [Tess and Theo's mom]. As they solve clues and collect objects, they find the plans to build a small machine. This machine will quite literally change the future and some of the past, and the friends aren't quite sure if what they're doing is the right thing.
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This one was okay. The kids continue sneaking out of the house and getting in trouble. The story flips between the current day twins, to their future selves seeing NY flooded, to the 1800s with the Morningstar twins, and Ava makes appearances throughout. I have to say, I was really confused with the last parts of the book. I had to read some other reviews to figure out wtf happened, and what they surmised is not at all what I was thinking! I wonder if kids will get it???
The audiobook narrator still makes Theo sound super whiny and annoying, like Aziz Ansari making fun of someone.
Tess, Theo, and Jaime might not be getting along, but there's still the cipher to solve. They follow the clues around and outside of the city, only to get themselves in trouble with Stark [the potentially future mayor who has loads of money, their parents, and the police [Tess and Theo's mom]. As they solve clues and collect objects, they find the plans to build a small machine. This machine will quite literally change the future and some of the past, and the friends aren't quite sure if what they're doing is the right thing.
Review
This one was okay. The kids continue sneaking out of the house and getting in trouble. The story flips between the current day twins, to their future selves seeing NY flooded, to the 1800s with the Morningstar twins, and Ava makes appearances throughout. I have to say, I was really confused with the last parts of the book. I had to read some other reviews to figure out wtf happened, and what they surmised is not at all what I was thinking! I wonder if kids will get it???
The audiobook narrator still makes Theo sound super whiny and annoying, like Aziz Ansari making fun of someone.
hibernaculum's review against another edition
5.0
It's bittersweet to finally finish reading this series. It was so imaginative, witty, suspenseful–and beautifully humane in the handling of its relationships and larger themes. Tess, Jamie, and Theo are such a wonderful trio; I will miss them.
alyp01's review against another edition
4.0
Wow, this was a crazy ending to an awesome series!
I loved reading these books, they're so much fun and suck me straight in to the story. The characters are funny and smart and the mystery kept me guessing. The rotating points of view gave a broad picture and helped put the pieces together. I especially love Cricket, she's too smart for her own good and always makes me laugh.
I'm still a bit confused about the ending. There are a lot of moving parts and skipping forward and back through time. I think Tess and Theo are the Morninstar twins and they've traveled through time trying to fix things, but still unsure The end was happy and how I wanted it to be though, so I'm pretty satisfied.
The different mysteries were so cool and I enjoyed watching the kids unravel them and figure things out. I wish I could live in the Morningstar's New York, the machines and technology is amazing and revolutionary. This is a great book for imagination and I highly recommend, no matter what age!
I loved reading these books, they're so much fun and suck me straight in to the story. The characters are funny and smart and the mystery kept me guessing. The rotating points of view gave a broad picture and helped put the pieces together. I especially love Cricket, she's too smart for her own good and always makes me laugh.
I'm still a bit confused about the ending. There are a lot of moving parts and skipping forward and back through time.
The different mysteries were so cool and I enjoyed watching the kids unravel them and figure things out. I wish I could live in the Morningstar's New York, the machines and technology is amazing and revolutionary. This is a great book for imagination and I highly recommend, no matter what age!
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