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okay, this book is not four-stars like proust is four-stars. this earns its rating because after reading a series of "ho-hum" and "meh-meh" teen books - this one was actually pretty good.
except for the epilogue, which made me a little embarrassed. ungood.
it's kind of a ghost story, it's kind of a mystery, it's kind of a story about a creepy little kid, it's kind of a coming-of-age story.
but it works.
it may be just that i read it in about an hour and a half, so my reading didn't get interrupted ...more
except for the epilogue, which made me a little embarrassed. ungood.
it's kind of a ghost story, it's kind of a mystery, it's kind of a story about a creepy little kid, it's kind of a coming-of-age story.
but it works.
it may be just that i read it in about an hour and a half, so my reading didn't get interrupted ...more
This is one of those thrillers where you know something awful happened, but you don't find out exactly what until the end. Underlying that is the issue of how people deal with guilt, and how a death can tear a family apart.
A solid, suspenseful mystery for teens ages 13 and up. ...more
A solid, suspenseful mystery for teens ages 13 and up. ...more
As absorbing as the first Werlin I read, The Rules of Survival, though less gripping (if that makes sense), this y/a concerns two teen deaths and the nature and meaning(s) of guilt. I thought I had one of the "true stories" pegged and was waiting to be disappointed by being right, but the ending was far more interesting and meaningful than what I had in mind. You could argue that Werlin leaves certain points hanging, but I'd acutally say she is good about not force-feeding her readers what she w
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Aug 25, 2008
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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A suspenseful story with an interesting twist.
May 11, 2009
Megan
marked it as to-read
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