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A review by cweichel
Under Suspicion by R.A. Spratt
3.0
Mostly I liked this mystery. Someone is digging holes all over the grounds of the private school Friday attends. As Friday solves mini mysteries throughout the book, the holes create their own kind of chaos and seem to make no sense to anyone, not even Friday.
I mostly love the strange ironic humour that flavours the book and had me laughing out loud a time or two. Here's a sample:
"Friday turned to Melanie, but she’d already dropped off to sleep again. Friday could see why Melanie never got in trouble. As far as teachers were concerned, she was the ideal student. She never interrupted or asked difficult questions, and they never had to grade her assignments because she never had them in."
I found the description of the relationship between Friday and Ian problematic. Melanie, Friday’s best and only friend, insists that Ian is infatuated with Friday. Most of the time though, Ian is essentially nasty to Friday. This is not the kind of expectation we want girls to accept under any circumstance. He manages to redeem himself by the end of the book, but I'm still not happy with this.
I mostly love the strange ironic humour that flavours the book and had me laughing out loud a time or two. Here's a sample:
"Friday turned to Melanie, but she’d already dropped off to sleep again. Friday could see why Melanie never got in trouble. As far as teachers were concerned, she was the ideal student. She never interrupted or asked difficult questions, and they never had to grade her assignments because she never had them in."
I found the description of the relationship between Friday and Ian problematic. Melanie, Friday’s best and only friend, insists that Ian is infatuated with Friday. Most of the time though, Ian is essentially nasty to Friday. This is not the kind of expectation we want girls to accept under any circumstance. He manages to redeem himself by the end of the book, but I'm still not happy with this.