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3.42 AVERAGE
3.42 AVERAGE
OMG, qué pérdida de tiempo más horrible. Es como Diez Negritos en novela juvenil sin pies ni cabeza y mezclada con las peores pelis de asesinatos con hachas. ¿Por qué habré terminado yo esto, con la de libros que hay y lo limitado que es el tiempo? Me cuesta decir que una novela es mala, porque yo no sería capaz de escribir una 1/5 de buena que está, pero... es malilla.
medium-paced
I feel like I have read a lot of retellings/homages to Agatha Christie's books this year 😅 Completely unintentionally.
I understand this is a YA novel, but Lord.. I reallllly disliked how even when Minnie was absolutely terrible to Meg, Meg still didn't accept that she wasn't a good friend and went along with it anyway. Have a little spine. Yet, Meg's supposedly so brilliant to have put all these clues together but can't figure out that her friend isn't so great? It's annoying.Also, why is it a shock to them that the murders keep happening in the ways that destroyed Claire? Like why were they shocked (pun not intended) when Kiki got electrocuted when she screwed over Claire doing an electrical project in physics? Um, duhhhh.
This is great if you logistically don't really think about anything too far in depth - and perhaps that is what a majority of teenage readers would do. Maybe I'm just too old or analytical for this one. It was still a good read, but there were the aforementioned things that bothered me about it.
I understand this is a YA novel, but Lord.. I reallllly disliked how even when Minnie was absolutely terrible to Meg, Meg still didn't accept that she wasn't a good friend and went along with it anyway. Have a little spine. Yet, Meg's supposedly so brilliant to have put all these clues together but can't figure out that her friend isn't so great? It's annoying.
This is great if you logistically don't really think about anything too far in depth - and perhaps that is what a majority of teenage readers would do. Maybe I'm just too old or analytical for this one. It was still a good read, but there were the aforementioned things that bothered me about it.
Ten by Gretchen McNeil is the second book I read for my Halloween Reads Week! This is the first book I’ve read by this author, but now I’m definitely interested in reading more.
Ten is about a group of kids that are invited to an island for a weekend full of partying and luxury. It seems their weekend is off to a great start, until people suddenly start dying. With no way to contact anyone back home, it’s up to Meg and her fellow housemates to figure out who the killer is, and stop them, before there is no one left.
There were a lot of characters in this book, but the story was told from Meg’s perspective. Meg was a very likable character, not only by me, but by the other kids in the house with her as well. I love that she is super quick to come up with ideas to help them in their situation. T.J., who is Meg’s crush in the story, seems to be a really good guy, and he really cared for Meg. There were more than a few characters in the book that I really didn’t care for, Meg’s best friend Minnie being one of the main ones. I found her extremely annoying and I found the relationship between the two to be extremely unhealthy. I didn’t like the way she treated Meg at all. The rest of the secondary characters were pretty much average teenagers, not much to say about them.
The best part of the book is that it kept me guessing. I really didn’t catch on to who the killer was, and I pleasantly surprised in the end that it wasn’t anyone that I expected. McNeil holds nothing back when she writes the murders, often they are done in an extremely brutal way. I honestly didn’t expect there to be quite as many involved as there were, but the more I read, the more it happened. This book was a really fast paced, and it definitely had the creep factor going for it, which made it a great Halloween read.
Overall; I didn’t know what to expect when I started this book, but I definitely got more than I bargained for. This book was super creepy and mysterious, and I really enjoyed reading it for one of my Halloween Reads!
Happy Reading!
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adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Murder
Moderate: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail
mysterious
medium-paced
This book really surprised me. Because the summary said stuff about boys and ‘their school’s most eligible bachelor’, I had expected it to be full of romance stuff, but it was a proper mystery novel which I liked very much!
<b>The Characters</b> – There are ten characters in this book, like the title says; Meg, Minnie, T.J., Gunner, Ben, Kumiko, Vivian, Lori, Kenny, and Nathan. I am not going to spoil the book by telling which of these characters die, of course, but I did find myself laughing out loud when after a while I realized there were only seven left (which is my favourite band, haha). In the end, when it was announced who the murderer was, it surprised me a lot, because I had never expected it of that person. Of course, when this happens, people start panicking, and blaming each other; and that really annoyed me, but that’s good, because that means that the characters felt real. I had this too when I watched the Doctor Who episode ‘Midnight’ in which a group of people get stranded in a vehicle on a planet made out of diamonds, and something from the outside wants to get in.
All these characters felt so real to me, though I never really got sad when another one of them had died. I just wanted to know who the killer was, and I really hoped the book wouldn’t end with all the ten teenagers dead.
<b>The Romance</b> – Like I said before, I had expected it to be full of romance, with Meg and Minnie trying to win T.J. for themselves, but it was far from that. Of course, there were moments between Meg and T.J. but those actually made me smile when I read about it. So yes, I ship it.
<b>The Murders</b> – There was a lot of murder going on in this book, of course. And all of them were different, the characters were all murdered in a certain way, which will make sense when you continue reading the book. One was shot through the heart with an arrow, another simply had his/her throat slit, this is going to sound a bit creepy, but I liked reading about the different ways the characters were killed.
<b>The Story</b> – Like I said before, it was a surprising story. I just couldn’t stop reading, and I actually had to force myself to put the book down and eat, sleep or work. It was just such a thrilling story, and perfectly written as well, a real page-turner. I had started to suspect people halfway through the book, and I actually made a list of the characters, how they had died, and I circled the people I suspected. Eventually, I was completely wrong, and I actually said ‘NO WAY’ out loud when I read who’d really done it. And that’s what I like about a book. I have read many predictable books, and that always makes me a bit sad, but I just didn’t find this predictable at all! I loved the writing, and I will certainly read another book by Gretchen McNeil, probably 3:59 because there was a preview of the book in the back of Ten, and I really enjoyed it.
<b>The Characters</b> – There are ten characters in this book, like the title says; Meg, Minnie, T.J., Gunner, Ben, Kumiko, Vivian, Lori, Kenny, and Nathan. I am not going to spoil the book by telling which of these characters die, of course, but I did find myself laughing out loud when after a while I realized there were only seven left (which is my favourite band, haha). In the end, when it was announced who the murderer was, it surprised me a lot, because I had never expected it of that person. Of course, when this happens, people start panicking, and blaming each other; and that really annoyed me, but that’s good, because that means that the characters felt real. I had this too when I watched the Doctor Who episode ‘Midnight’ in which a group of people get stranded in a vehicle on a planet made out of diamonds, and something from the outside wants to get in.
All these characters felt so real to me, though I never really got sad when another one of them had died. I just wanted to know who the killer was, and I really hoped the book wouldn’t end with all the ten teenagers dead.
<b>The Romance</b> – Like I said before, I had expected it to be full of romance, with Meg and Minnie trying to win T.J. for themselves, but it was far from that. Of course, there were moments between Meg and T.J. but those actually made me smile when I read about it. So yes, I ship it.
<b>The Murders</b> – There was a lot of murder going on in this book, of course. And all of them were different, the characters were all murdered in a certain way, which will make sense when you continue reading the book. One was shot through the heart with an arrow, another simply had his/her throat slit, this is going to sound a bit creepy, but I liked reading about the different ways the characters were killed.
<b>The Story</b> – Like I said before, it was a surprising story. I just couldn’t stop reading, and I actually had to force myself to put the book down and eat, sleep or work. It was just such a thrilling story, and perfectly written as well, a real page-turner. I had started to suspect people halfway through the book, and I actually made a list of the characters, how they had died, and I circled the people I suspected. Eventually, I was completely wrong, and I actually said ‘NO WAY’ out loud when I read who’d really done it. And that’s what I like about a book. I have read many predictable books, and that always makes me a bit sad, but I just didn’t find this predictable at all! I loved the writing, and I will certainly read another book by Gretchen McNeil, probably 3:59 because there was a preview of the book in the back of Ten, and I really enjoyed it.
It was a teen slasher. If you like those types of movies/books, it was enjoyable, but nothing stand out for me.
I thought it would be a bit predictable, but it wasn't predictable at all! The combination between romance and horror was really good written. Tip though, don't read it in the dark. And about the 'agatha Christie' book copy, I didn't read it so I can't judge.
3.5
Super fast, easy and entertaining read, I really liked the writing style!
If you have read And then there were none, its exactly the same type of book so that may take away from your experience.
I have 2 big issues tho:
-Meg (the main character) was super smart and resourceful some times but when the plot needed it she was super extra dumb, and it was quite obvious that it was a choice by the author so her plot worked out.
-The ending is so sappy happy?????????
Super fast, easy and entertaining read, I really liked the writing style!
If you have read And then there were none, its exactly the same type of book so that may take away from your experience.
I have 2 big issues tho:
-Meg (the main character) was super smart and resourceful some times but when the plot needed it she was super extra dumb, and it was quite obvious that it was a choice by the author so her plot worked out.
-The ending is so sappy happy?????????