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Bookapotamus (289 KP) rated Special Topics in Calamity Physics in Books

May 25, 2018

I loved, loved, loved this book! 5 STARS!

Blue Van Meer is a young girl studying at Harvard who decides to write about her life. Kind of a brainiac, and a bit odd, she starts with some tidbits of her childhood. Her mother died when she was very young, so she was raised primarily by her eccentric father who is a professor that moved her around a lot, from place to place. But most of the book takes place in Blue's high school years, particularly her senior year where she meets and befriends her teacher Hannah Schneider and joins an elite group of eccentrics, named the Bluebloods. And then, there is a murder.

Its a great mystery, a definite page-turner and you see how this murder has impacted Blue's life, and my goodness, it just gets better and better as you read on. I'm a big fan of Pessl's now!

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2464 KP) rated The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce, #2) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

11-year-old Flavia DeLuce finds herself involved in a second mystery when a traveling puppet show comes to town. She is asked to help them set up and settle in to their temporary home, but when murder makes an appearance, she begins to dig deeper to find the killer.

The murder doesn’t happen until almost the half way point, but the story doesn’t have the tension to keep our interest until then. Yes, what we learn comes into play later, but it could have been introduced later when we’d actually care and it would mean something to us. The characters continue to shine, however. The second half of the novel was wonderful. If the entire thing lived up to that level, it would be a wonderful book.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2015/07/book-review-weed-that-strings-hangmans.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.