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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “I liked this book, I read it in one night. It is a combination of mystery, suspense and ghost story. The ghost is not to heavy handed, and related by Kate, who doesn't believe in ghosts. It has some dark aspects, neither glossed over or dwelt on, just related in the matter-of-fact way of someone...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Gripping... I read it in 1 day! ”
Michelle W wrote this review 10 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“ I have really enjoyed reading this book. Although I would not recommend this book to some one who does not like freaky and disturbing stories. I on the other hand enjoy these types of books a lot. I absolutely loved the intro it was really leading because I did not want to put the book down, so if your shaky about reading this book just read the first couple ages to see f you will enjoy it as much as I did. This book is very mysterious the way the potato girl before she died was friends with our main character and how she told her so much about her past and plainly just a lot about her, even in the beginning she showed our main character a tattoo on her chest, which was pretty big.
Adeline J wrote this review Monday, October 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Once again if you do not like scary, disturbing books, DO NOT READ THIS BOOK! If not this is the best book for it!
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“Promise not to tell really pulled me in from the beginning. I have a love for stories that involve some coming-of-age aspects. The reader is taken back and forth in time with Kate Cypher as an adult returning home to make some difficult decisions regarding her mother and whose arrival has also coincided with a murder that is eerily similar to the murder of her childhood friend, Del.
Kelly B wrote this review Sunday, October 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I particularly enjoyed reading the story from young Kate's point of view. I still find myself magically drawn in when a story involves children. The friendship between outcast Del and new-girl Kate is odd at times as Del is seriously a bit of a character. Kate desperately wants to belong in her new school, but really she is a bit of an outcast herself as she lives on a commune and is pretty far off from living a normal life like the other students at their school. Del and Kate are away-from-school friends who live an adventure when they play together.
Kate as an adult her own set of challenges from the past, and has chosen to live a life-time away from the commune she spent the latter part of her childhood. She has a flood of memories as she tries to piece together what happened to her friend Del and if it is related to the murder of the young girl in the present.
I enjoyed the book a great deal and read it over a weekend. I was intrigued as the story unfolded. It also left me really wanting to know what would become of Kate in the future. There was definitely quite a bit of adult subject matter, but it was factual rather than explicit, but the facts though fictional are still disturbing.”
“Creepy but a good, quick read.”
Carla D wrote this review Saturday, September 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I loved this book. I read "Dismantled" before and loved it, so I worried a little that this one wasn't going to be as good. It was. McMahon is a great storyteller and will keep you thrilled until last page. I like the way how she describes the surroundings too - after reading this I made a mental note to visit Vermont. All her characters feel so real...”
Marmar wrote this review Sunday, September 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A well-written thought-and-emotionally-provocking mystery/psychological thriller with a touch of the paranormal. The story is tight, the characters are well-rounded and realistic, the imagry is just right to produce all sort of feelings. It made me want to keep reading.
Marguerite E. W wrote this review Saturday, September 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The night a school nurse returns to her hometown to help with her mother who has Altheimer's, a young girl is murdered and mutulated, much in the same way that another girl, given the cruel nickname of Potato Girl by her classmates, many years ago. The nurse used to be one of Potato Girl's few friends. Both girls are lonely outcasts, one because her mother was a free-love hippie, and the other because of her strange, bossy behavior and her isolated, frightening family.
The nurse is ridden by guilt about how, as a child, in order to gain popularity, betrayed her best friend the Potato Girl, who was murdered the night after a horrible and revealing bullying incident.
As the narritive switches from past and present, as the nurse remembers her childhood, and deals with her increasingly-unstable mother and accusations by the town's people that she somehow triggered the current murder. Meanwhile, many people claim to have seen the ghose of Potato Girl. Is she out for revenge?”“I did not expect to like this book as much as I did--not the storyline nor the characters. But about a third of the way through the book, I got so hooked that I couldn't put it down! Things tied up just a tad too nicely in the end, but overall it was a very good read. ”
Grace H wrote this review Thursday, August 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“So unsettling that I could not go down to the basement alone to do laundry! A little heavy on the supernatural, but a good mystery nonetheless.”
Jennifer A wrote this review Friday, July 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“So well written! A true 'who dunnit' - Really liked it”
Deborah A wrote this review Thursday, May 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
