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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. A bit disturbing because McKinty tries to get into the mind of a cat killer. Danny Lopez is a new student at a really strange school where the students are not allowed to talk, have to wear gloves and follow really dull scripted lessons. He becomes interested in trying to find out who is killing the cats in Colorado, and his interest almost gets him killed. A nice mystery that moves along quite quickly, and believably. Danny Lopez and his mom Juanita and step-dad Walt live in Las Vegas where his mom works at a Casino for Mr. Glynn. They move to Colorado because Glynn is opening a new casino and wants Danny’s mom to manage it. Danny is therefore enrolled in Cobalt Junior High where they use the system of Direct Instruction. Direct Instruction is where the teachers and students read from a script. They do not permit talking aka triangulation at this school and the students have to wear white gloves all the time. This is where Danny meets Mr. Lebkuchen, the principle of the school. The students he meets there are Charlie, Tom, Olivia, Cooper, Hector and Todd. They are member of various secret groups within the school. Before Danny arrived in Cobalt, there was a “cat killing.” There were more after he arrived and he and a neighbor and fellow student, Antonia aka Tony try to figure out who the cat killer is. They enlist the help of one of the chain-gang at Walt’s work named Bob Randall, who is an expert in crimes. Bob is in prison for check writing and is expected to be released on parole in the coming months. Bob explains to them what they need to figure out in order to find out who the cat killer is. This story tells of the process they go through to identify the killer. I like the way the characters develop in this book. There are so many to keep track of and it is easy to associate them with the secret groups that they are members of. It was hard for me to put this book down once I got into the plot and they were actively trying to figure out who the cat killer was. A good read. Okay, since this was a DNF this review will be short. I'm simply going to state my reasons for not completing the book. 1) There was too much head-hopping. This book randomly switched perspective in the middle of scenes. In the very first chapter it went from the killer's point of view to the cat's. And it didn't stop there. I'd be following along with Danny and then all of a sudden be inside his stepfather's or his mother's head. It was hard to follow and kept me from really connecting with ANY of the characters. 2) Characters were flat. I got a hundred pages in and I still had no sense of who the characters were, nor did I care what happened to them. 3) Dialogue was unrealistic. For me, this book just never really captured the YA voice. The dialogue and Danny's internal thoughts seemed more like those of an adult. Overall, the book just wasn't for me. I know some people have raved about it, but I can't recommend it. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Mystery.
Young Adult Fiction.
Young Adult Literature.
HTML: Danny Lopez is new in town. He made a mistake back home in Las Vegas, and now he has landed at an experimental school in Colorado for "tough cases." At the Cobalt Charter School, everything is scripted??what the teachers say, what the students reply??and no other speaking is allowed. This supercontrolled environment gives kids a second chance to make something of themselves. But with few freedoms, the students become sitting ducks for a killer determined to "clean up" Colorado Springs No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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My impression: Okay, I will admit I went into this book with some trepidation because I had heard about the first chapter and how skeevy it was to basically be given a window into the warped mind of a serial cat killer. However, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be (confession: probably because I decided that speed reading through it was probably a good idea), and after I got reading the rest of the story, I got into it pretty quickly. Danny and his friends decide to solve the cat serial killer case because the adults in town, including the police, won't take it seriously, writing all of the deaths off as accidents. What follows is a game of cat-and-mouse (yeah, I went there!), ending with the identification of the serial killer in the making - or does it? Nice twist at the end, I thought.
I enjoyed the writing and enjoyed the story. The characters were well written, and the pacing and setting were on point.
In summary, I enjoyed this book and recommend it to anybody who likes a good mystery story with a healthy dose of suspense.
4/5 stars.
I received a copy of this book free of charge in exchange for my honest opinion. ( )