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A review by thenextgenlibrarian
The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix
3.0
3.5 ⭐️
This one started off really good and suspenseful for me then it just went on too long. The surprise was a bit too sci-fi for me when I was expecting a mystery. The constant alternating points of view also annoyed me a bit and wasn’t that necessary. It made many chapters 2 pages long, making it a total of 61 chapters. Many kids might enjoy having shorter chapters but I found them staccato and didn’t allow me to enjoy each character as long as I’d like. It also ends on a cliffhanger leading into book 2, FYI.
This one started off really good and suspenseful for me then it just went on too long. The surprise was a bit too sci-fi for me when I was expecting a mystery. The constant alternating points of view also annoyed me a bit and wasn’t that necessary. It made many chapters 2 pages long, making it a total of 61 chapters. Many kids might enjoy having shorter chapters but I found them staccato and didn’t allow me to enjoy each character as long as I’d like. It also ends on a cliffhanger leading into book 2, FYI.