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A review by victor_constantine
Skull And Dog Bones by Melissa Cleary
2.0
I didn't hate reading this, but I can't honestly list reasons why someone should read this. I can, however, list what I did not like about it, and that is exactly what I'm going to do.
1. Maybe I would be into this if I knew anything about old film, but I felt like it talked about old actors and actresses a bit too much. I understand why they talked about them, but I think the author could have scaled it back a little.
2. I'm fourteen and I have classmates that sound more mature when talking about their boyfriend than Jackie did. Also, it seems really unprofessional for her to be dating the detective.
3. The McGowan (I think I got that name right) really should take some anger management classes. It's not good that Jackie kept having to interfere. McGowan should not have gotten as upset as he did with most of the stuff.
4. There is no way we (the readers) could have known who committed the murder. I realize that this one is a matter of personal preference, but I see very little use in reading a mystery if you can't solve it.
5. Jake wasn't in it as much as I was expecting. I thought it was cool when Jake helped Jackie play poker, so I was looking forward to him solving the mystery. Sadly, he didn't really do anything to help solve it because he got maced. (Side note: Does anyone else think it's weird that the dog's name and the human's name are the same name basically?)
I think that's it. Hopefully that wasn't too boring to read. Ta!
1. Maybe I would be into this if I knew anything about old film, but I felt like it talked about old actors and actresses a bit too much. I understand why they talked about them, but I think the author could have scaled it back a little.
2. I'm fourteen and I have classmates that sound more mature when talking about their boyfriend than Jackie did. Also, it seems really unprofessional for her to be dating the detective.
3. The McGowan (I think I got that name right) really should take some anger management classes. It's not good that Jackie kept having to interfere. McGowan should not have gotten as upset as he did with most of the stuff.
4. There is no way we (the readers) could have known who committed the murder. I realize that this one is a matter of personal preference, but I see very little use in reading a mystery if you can't solve it.
5. Jake wasn't in it as much as I was expecting. I thought it was cool when Jake helped Jackie play poker, so I was looking forward to him solving the mystery. Sadly, he didn't really do anything to help solve it because he got maced. (Side note: Does anyone else think it's weird that the dog's name and the human's name are the same name basically?)
I think that's it. Hopefully that wasn't too boring to read. Ta!