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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
sierra_color's review
5.0
What can I say about this book?
I remember first reading it in six grade, and loving it to the point where I reread it in the same day! It’s a beautiful read, the writing is well written and sounds like the actual voice of an angry spirit. I love how the mystery slowly unravels of who the narrator is! At first, you think it’s going to be just the typical ominous narrator, but it isn’t!
The voice of this narrator is very unique and understandable. You feel the emotion as you read this book, the frustration! It’s so, so good.
I just love how the author captures that voice so perfectly, the narrator is in between a person and a mysterious being, and that really fits the story. The narrator knows what goes on in the house, but beyond it? No clue. That’s just good writing out there. It’s so, so good!!
Not only is the writing good, but the characters too. The twins (Hannah and Anna) can be separated. Hannah is the quiet, shy, skeptical one, while Anna is the more social, optimistic one. The two characters play well off of each other.
Now, I love this book, but I do have my gibes about it, mostly just a tiny plot hole at the end of the book. All I’m going to say about it is— Why did the older sister yell, “enemy approaching!”
I remember first reading it in six grade, and loving it to the point where I reread it in the same day! It’s a beautiful read, the writing is well written and sounds like the actual voice of an angry spirit. I love how the mystery slowly unravels of who the narrator is! At first, you think it’s going to be just the typical ominous narrator, but it isn’t!
The voice of this narrator is very unique and understandable. You feel the emotion as you read this book, the frustration! It’s so, so good.
I just love how the author captures that voice so perfectly, the narrator is in between a person and a mysterious being, and that really fits the story. The narrator knows what goes on in the house, but beyond it? No clue. That’s just good writing out there. It’s so, so good!!
Not only is the writing good, but the characters too. The twins (Hannah and Anna) can be separated. Hannah is the quiet, shy, skeptical one, while Anna is the more social, optimistic one. The two characters play well off of each other.
Now, I love this book, but I do have my gibes about it, mostly just a tiny plot hole at the end of the book. All I’m going to say about it is— Why did the older sister yell, “enemy approaching!”
beyondelsewhere's review against another edition
3.0
Creepy and rather heartwrenching. Spooky middle grade mystery indeed!
lnocita's review
3.0
When twins Hannah and Anna are uprooted from their New York home they think things couldn't get much worse until they move into a dilapidated mouse and bat infested rumored to be haunted in a small town. Hannah and Anna have always been inseparable but now something, or someone, has come between them and unease settles over the old house.
The Girl Behind the Glass is a not-too-tingling ghost story about a supremely unhappy ghost set on revenge for all the time she has been left behind, forever stuck in her family home. This might appeal to younger readers who hanker for a short ghost story/mystery but who don't want to be too scared.
milkqbiscuit's review
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
sierra_color's review against another edition
5.0
What can I say about this book?
I remember first reading it in six grade, and loving it to the point where I reread it in the same day! It’s a beautiful read, the writing is well written and sounds like the actual voice of an angry spirit. I love how the mystery slowly unravels of who the narrator is! At first, you think it’s going to be just the typical ominous narrator, but it isn’t!
The voice of this narrator is very unique and understandable. You feel the emotion as you read this book, the frustration! It’s so, so good.
I just love how the author captures that voice so perfectly, the narrator is in between a person and a mysterious being, and that really fits the story. The narrator knows what goes on in the house, but beyond it? No clue. That’s just good writing out there. It’s so, so good!!
Not only is the writing good, but the characters too. The twins (Hannah and Anna) can be separated. Hannah is the quiet, shy, skeptical one, while Anna is the more social, optimistic one. The two characters play well off of each other.
Now, I love this book, but I do have my gibes about it, mostly just a tiny plot hole at the end of the book. All I’m going to say about it is— Why did the older sister yell, “enemy approaching!”
I remember first reading it in six grade, and loving it to the point where I reread it in the same day! It’s a beautiful read, the writing is well written and sounds like the actual voice of an angry spirit. I love how the mystery slowly unravels of who the narrator is! At first, you think it’s going to be just the typical ominous narrator, but it isn’t!
The voice of this narrator is very unique and understandable. You feel the emotion as you read this book, the frustration! It’s so, so good.
I just love how the author captures that voice so perfectly, the narrator is in between a person and a mysterious being, and that really fits the story. The narrator knows what goes on in the house, but beyond it? No clue. That’s just good writing out there. It’s so, so good!!
Not only is the writing good, but the characters too. The twins (Hannah and Anna) can be separated. Hannah is the quiet, shy, skeptical one, while Anna is the more social, optimistic one. The two characters play well off of each other.
Now, I love this book, but I do have my gibes about it, mostly just a tiny plot hole at the end of the book. All I’m going to say about it is— Why did the older sister yell, “enemy approaching!”
macfiar's review
3.0
Parts were very confusing. The writing is inconsistent and Selena is a horrible person. It also was a bit slow until the very end when it went way too fast. There was instant forgiveness, which was weird.
corncobwebs's review against another edition
Hannah and Anna Zimmer are twins, best friends, and not at all happy when their family moves from their trendy Brooklyn neighborhood to a creepy house in the country (dubbed "the house on Hemlock Road"). The narrator is a mysterious omniscient entity who has special knowledge about the house's past inhabitants, and repeatedly refers to the terrible things that have happened there. Not surprisingly, strange things start happening as soon as the Zimmers move in: the older sister, Selena, is terrified by something she sees in her closet; mysterious breezes crop up around the house when no windows are open; and Hannah starts hearing a ghostly voice. Most distressing of all, though, is the fact that the longer the Zimmers live there, the more they fight with each other. Clearly, there is something very wrong with the house - but it takes a near tragedy for the family to understand. As the book draws to a close, all of the pieces start to fit together and the reader finally learns the whole story about the house on Hemlock Road, including the identity of the mysterious narrator. A great ghost story that will appeal to readers who liked "Wait Till Helen Comes" by Mary Downing Hahn.
jillcd's review against another edition
This would be good for students in grades 4 and up who like scary but not gory. Truly a ghost story that is a bit confusing but interesting.