A review by readlikefire
Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 by Susan Patron

informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.0

Reading this felt less like reading a diary and more like reading a middle-grade historical novel that had been written before someone at Scholastic told the author, "We could use it for our diary series if you do some editing" (and by "editing," I mean dates and "dear diary" statements). The story and the way this particular story is written feels more sensational than a diary should be, and that, for me, breaks the verisimilitude. 

In short, this definitely wasn't one of me favorites in this series.