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beccadavies 's review for:
Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett
I've read lots of reviews on this book and I have to say that I'm very surprised at how positive the reception is. Don't get me wrong, the book was fine but not 5 star quality.
First off, every single little thing in the book was all connected. Everything from the names of characters, to thier age, where they lived, EVERYTHING was somehow mystically connected. Gimme a break. Seeing patterns where none exist?! Have they even seen A BEAUTIFUL MIND?! People go crazy looking for patterns in things that are not there- should we really be encouraging children to start looking at patterns in absolutly everything?!
Anyhow, I suppose if you put this aside, it was cute. I did stick it till the end to see how it all ended out. It was a bit of a cresendo and then a huge drop in the end. I felt that the writer brushed past important things in the end (like the actual theif- the whole point to a mystery!) which made it far too rushed.
But I didn't give this one star as I enjoyed the teacher and her way of running the class. It was refreshing and I found myself wishing I was a student in her class.
Despite the fact I didn't enjoy the book, I'm still going to use it in my book group. I'm not one for mysteries but the girls in my group might be. Indeed, I think they will enjoy going through the letters done in code and trying to decode them with thier mothers. I just won't give my opinion.
First off, every single little thing in the book was all connected. Everything from the names of characters, to thier age, where they lived, EVERYTHING was somehow mystically connected. Gimme a break. Seeing patterns where none exist?! Have they even seen A BEAUTIFUL MIND?! People go crazy looking for patterns in things that are not there- should we really be encouraging children to start looking at patterns in absolutly everything?!
Anyhow, I suppose if you put this aside, it was cute. I did stick it till the end to see how it all ended out. It was a bit of a cresendo and then a huge drop in the end. I felt that the writer brushed past important things in the end (like the actual theif- the whole point to a mystery!) which made it far too rushed.
But I didn't give this one star as I enjoyed the teacher and her way of running the class. It was refreshing and I found myself wishing I was a student in her class.
Despite the fact I didn't enjoy the book, I'm still going to use it in my book group. I'm not one for mysteries but the girls in my group might be. Indeed, I think they will enjoy going through the letters done in code and trying to decode them with thier mothers. I just won't give my opinion.