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A review by booksforchristiangirls
The Van Gogh Deception by Deron R. Hicks
3.0
{3 stars for my personal rating, but I hesitate to give this rating for actual middle grade readers--see my notes below on that.}
Well, this was a fun book.
Think Home Alone meets the art forgery with a dash of The Mysterious Benedict Society. I thought it was really fun and well-done. Before starting, I noticed a couple reviews mentioned being very confused until the ending (which I can see why), so I went in with the mindset that everything was important and store it all on the back burner. This really was so funand I'm looking forward to reading the second book.
Edit to add: I ended up DNFing the second book due to political comments and only focusing/commenting on females with gay or liberal backgrounds. Disappointed, but not surprised.
(I read this book as a e-book from my library and I really liked the QR codes thrown in throughout the book to see the art being discussed. That was a neat feature!)
Content:
I can't quite figure out the age range for this book--I'm assuming middle grade--but there was a few comments/parts that would make me hesitate giving it to a younger middle grade reader. Such as our main characters (ages 12 and 10) are kidnapped and the bad guys aim stun guns at them. Adults are threatened with actual guns. There are also tranquilizer darts aimed and shot at our kiddos. Art also hears a gunshot and his father bleeding (obviously this is traumatic, but not above barely-above-not-detailed);
There's mentioned of TV shows, movies, characters (SpongeBob Squarepants, Adventure Time, Doctor Who, Ocean Eleven, Harry Potter, & Star Wars, etc); A few mentions of Starbucks; A few mentions of tattoos;
For "language", 1 'dang', 1 'for the love of...', 1 'heck', 3 'holy cow', 3 'stupid', 4 'freakin'/friggin'', ; A couple mentions someone cursing & eye rolling as well.
Well, this was a fun book.
Think Home Alone meets the art forgery with a dash of The Mysterious Benedict Society. I thought it was really fun and well-done. Before starting, I noticed a couple reviews mentioned being very confused until the ending (which I can see why), so I went in with the mindset that everything was important and store it all on the back burner. This really was so fun
Edit to add: I ended up DNFing the second book due to political comments and only focusing/commenting on females with gay or liberal backgrounds. Disappointed, but not surprised.
(I read this book as a e-book from my library and I really liked the QR codes thrown in throughout the book to see the art being discussed. That was a neat feature!)
Content:
I can't quite figure out the age range for this book--I'm assuming middle grade--but there was a few comments/parts that would make me hesitate giving it to a younger middle grade reader. Such as our main characters (ages 12 and 10) are kidnapped and the bad guys aim stun guns at them. Adults are threatened with actual guns. There are also tranquilizer darts aimed and shot at our kiddos. Art also hears a gunshot and his father bleeding (obviously this is traumatic, but not above barely-above-not-detailed);
There's mentioned of TV shows, movies, characters (SpongeBob Squarepants, Adventure Time, Doctor Who, Ocean Eleven, Harry Potter, & Star Wars, etc); A few mentions of Starbucks; A few mentions of tattoos;
For "language", 1 'dang', 1 'for the love of...', 1 'heck', 3 'holy cow', 3 'stupid', 4 'freakin'/friggin'', ; A couple mentions someone cursing & eye rolling as well.