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Ten
by Gretchen McNeil
Meg and her bestie Minnie are heading to the home of one of their schoolmates to spend their winter break partying. The remote house shares a small island with 1 other house, separated by an isthmus. The hostess of the party is not able to make the last ferry of the night to the island, so the 10 kids already there decide to start the party on their own. While looking for some entertainment, they come across a DVD with an ominous message. Not sure what to think of it, they head to bed for the night but it isn’t long before they start dying, one at a time.
The characters were not a big selling point for me. I don’t think I liked one of them. The two main characters, Minnie and Meg, were both annoying. Minnie was whiny, grumpy, selfish and territorial (all of which Meg contributed to her bipolar disorder) and Meg was a two-faced martyr. All she did was think (or talk about) how much Minnie relied on her, how important she was to Minnie and how much Minnie needed her protection. While to herself, or in her journal, all she did was bitch about her. T.J., the love interest of both Meg and Minnie, was blah. He couldn’t man up and confess his feelings for one, both or neither of them, and was all “kicked puppy” about Meg canceling their date months ago. The others, whom we didn’t get to know as well, were boring, inconsiderate or just plain mean. I suppose we didn’t have much time to get to know them, but the bottom line was, I didn’t care that they were dying.
The dialogue was standard teen, with an ocassional bad word, but nothing too offensive. The deaths, on the other hand, were pretty gross. Not bloody or gory, but descriptive. Once the dying started, I had to chuckle at their combined stupidity; what’s the one thing you should not do when people start dying? Split up. What do they do? Yep, you guessed it. The action was suspenseful and I stayed up until midnight one weeknight, just so I could find out whodunit. I guessed the whole way through the book, but I was still surprised by who the killer turned out to be.
I didn’t read the book(s) that Ten was based on, so I don’t know if it follows their plot exactly, but it reminded me of the Scream movies. Nobody is safe and it isn’t long before they start turning on each other.
I love the cover, it’s very moody. It sets the tone of the story, with the desolate house and dark colors.
The sum up:
Suspenseful and fast-paced, Ten is a fun read to curl up with on a stormy evening.
The characters were not a big selling point for me. I don’t think I liked one of them. The two main characters, Minnie and Meg, were both annoying. Minnie was whiny, grumpy, selfish and territorial (all of which Meg contributed to her bipolar disorder) and Meg was a two-faced martyr. All she did was think (or talk about) how much Minnie relied on her, how important she was to Minnie and how much Minnie needed her protection. While to herself, or in her journal, all she did was bitch about her. T.J., the love interest of both Meg and Minnie, was blah. He couldn’t man up and confess his feelings for one, both or neither of them, and was all “kicked puppy” about Meg canceling their date months ago. The others, whom we didn’t get to know as well, were boring, inconsiderate or just plain mean. I suppose we didn’t have much time to get to know them, but the bottom line was, I didn’t care that they were dying.
The dialogue was standard teen, with an ocassional bad word, but nothing too offensive. The deaths, on the other hand, were pretty gross. Not bloody or gory, but descriptive. Once the dying started, I had to chuckle at their combined stupidity; what’s the one thing you should not do when people start dying? Split up. What do they do? Yep, you guessed it. The action was suspenseful and I stayed up until midnight one weeknight, just so I could find out whodunit. I guessed the whole way through the book, but I was still surprised by who the killer turned out to be.
I didn’t read the book(s) that Ten was based on, so I don’t know if it follows their plot exactly, but it reminded me of the Scream movies. Nobody is safe and it isn’t long before they start turning on each other.
I love the cover, it’s very moody. It sets the tone of the story, with the desolate house and dark colors.
The sum up:
Suspenseful and fast-paced, Ten is a fun read to curl up with on a stormy evening.