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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
Honestly, I was really underwhelmed because I figured it out in the first 30 pages. I feel like that was partly because it was really obvious to me, but also because I've read too many mysteries to feel like this was a challenge.
Full review - https://charmainelimen.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/review-the-face-on-the-milk-carton-by-caroline-b-cooney/
Full review - https://charmainelimen.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/review-the-face-on-the-milk-carton-by-caroline-b-cooney/
This book was so ungodly horrible. Decent concept, but so, so, so poorly executed.
adventurous
emotional
sad
slow-paced
I loved this audiobook!! This is the story of a 15 year old girl who sees her face on a milk carton saying she was kidnapped when she was 3.5 years old. The book follows her through her struggle to decide how to handle this information. She loves her “parents”. Does she remain quiet to protect them or say something and turn everyone’s lives upside down. Excited to read the rest of the series.
This may be a rare case where the movie is actually better than the book. Or perhaps the movie, The Face on the Milk Carton, is based on the book and its sequel? In the book, Reeve, Janie's senior boyfriend, is not the only one left frustrated and wanting more. This book does a wonderful job of building suspense but then ends on a cliffhanger without any resolutions. Congrats Caroline B. Cooney, I have to read the sequel, Whatever Happened to Janie, next or else I may go crazy with too many unanswered questions.
I loved this book in middle school, it was amazing and I love the concept.
challenging
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Worst book i've ever read. Its a cool premise, sure, but the book itself is awful. The pacing is entirely off (we spend so much of the book on a meaningless roadtrip and then it time-skips to her having talked to her parents about the kidnapping??). I don't understand how Cooney was able to milk (haha get it) four whole books out of this awful awful story. We get it, she was kidnapped. It could have at least been interesting. Janie is such an annoying and redundant character, but so were all the other characters. They weren't written as people, rather as vehicles to get Cooney's terrible ideas on paper. Don't read unless you love torturing yourself with boring repetitive writing. And I get its for teens, but i am fourteen, and even I recognise how boring and awful this book was. Janie and whatshisname's relationship was also super cringey. ew.