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This was such a successful reread. I'm so happy!I'm planning to reread The Vanishing Stair very soon as well and then FINALLY continue on with the rest. I'm not just saying that...Earlier:I am so excited to be rereading Truly Devious, one of my favorite YA Mysteries of all time! I really want to close this series out, but read the first two books so long ago that I want to reread them and then binge the rest. Let the games begin!!Original:Holy FREAKING cliffhanger!!!I am actually happy I put off...
I love Maureen Johnson. Truly. And I thought this book was fast-paced, captivating and overall exciting and entertaining. But. I'm either an idiot, a complete jerk, or possibly both, because this bugs me: a character is referred to as "Truly Devious" based on a letter which was 'signed' "Truly, Devious". This makes me think that "Truly" was the closing (in lieu of "Sincerely") and "Devious" was the writer, so the character would just be "Devious" or perhaps a tongue-in-cheek "Truly, Devious". Ma...
Me: *reads the last page and closes the book with a loud thump*Me, in a Buzzfeed Unsolved voice: with that in mind, let’s get into the THEORIES. [rolls huge chalkboard into the room]
Love the story, hate the love interest.I read this book in a single day. Granted, I spent almost 7 hours on a train and had no evening plans so it was just me and the book and no one else for a whole day but I'm not gonna complain. It was a good day, and I say that despite hating spending more than 90 minutes on any mode of transport, be it trains or planes.I though it was an extremely good start for a mystery series. The setting is exciting as it is a super rich boarding school for the very tal...
hell yeah.rounding up to 4 (instead of down to 3) upon reread-------------THERE'S GOING TO BE A FOURTH BOOK??!i just picked this up for a reread on basically a whim and now i find out there's another installment out in 2 months. i think i'm god.-------------JOHN GREEN, PAY ATTENTION. This is how you write a cool mystery-y book with quirky teens without making me want to die.Okay, John Green, you can stop reading now. I think it would make me uncomfortable if you read the rest of this review, con...
I LOVED THIS BOOK. If you need a new YA mystery novel, this is the one for you! Truly Devious totally took me by surprise. I had no idea I would love this book as much as I did! Cw: murderI loved our main character, Stevie. I wish this book existed in high school so that I could have had a female protagonist interested in true crime to relate to. I feel Stevie is extremely competent, self-aware, and has a really great head on her shoulders. I also loved her best friends, Janelle – we need more b...
I thought this was fine, but it definitely felt more middle grade than young adult to me while reading.
UpdatedSo I've performed a fit of astonishing perseverance and read the whole book. Was it worth the effort? Not really, but I am at least ready to discuss details with my book club mates.It's not that this novel is bad. I don't think it is. It's an ok mystery, with historical flashbacks that are much more compelling than present day obnoxious kids mucking about. But it's just so very boring. The main character is boring, the students are precocious and boring, they talk about boring things and
Three a little disappointed but still determined enough to give a chance to the second book of trilogy stars. Firstly what I liked about this book:Curiosity didn’t kill the cat but intrigued a dog lover like me, mostly I’m really wondering the correlation between the murders in the past and now! So I want to learn more! The series still keep my attention and last half was real page turner. I always enjoy murder mysteries. I liked references of Christie and Conan Doyle books, methods of solving m...
1.) Truly Devious ★★★★★2.) The Vanishing Stair ★★★★.53.) The Hand on the Wall ★★★★.75-----------------------------------------------HELLO, THIS IS MY NEW OBSESSION.
I have come to the conclusion that murder-mysteries that aren't standalones and therefore don't wrap up in one book are very stressful. I have QUESTIONS and no answers and also no sequel in my cold clammy paws. Dammit, universe.Anyway this was my first time reading a solo book by Maureen Johnson! I definitely enjoyed this! I read her short story in Let it Snow and can 100% confirm that I remember nothing because it was like, um, 4 years ago that I read it. Anyway this reminded me a ton of John G...
I buddy-read this with one of my friends who doesn’t read much because I’d heard it was good and HOLY MOTHER OF GOD FOR SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T READ AND SOMEONE ELSE (me) WHO DOESN’T LIKE SUSPENSEFUL MYSTERY THRILLERS WE BOTH REALLY WANT TO GET TO THE SEQUEL RIGHT THIS SECOND!!
3.5 StarsI don't think I'm suppose to like this book. I mean I should like it and I did like it but I don't know why I liked it. The plot sounds great Stevie is a True Crime fanatic (something we share in common) who's bookcase is filled with the great detective novels, such as Sherlock and Poirot. She listens to True Crime podcast and is obsessed with the ID channel (again something we share in common) and hopes to become an FBI agent when she grows up. Stevie applies to and is accepted into El...
a main character bold enough to knock herself unconscious when her anxiety gets to be too muchthis book was much better than i was expecting, thank the fucking lord. i've read a couple of maureen johnson's other books and haven't ever been very impressed. this one kind of changed my mind about her.basic premise is that a wealthy 1930s tycoon starts a free school for children in the mountains of vermont where he also hosts small but lavish gatherings with the rich and famous. said tycoon's wife a...
