Reviews by Tag: suspense

Teen Review
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

The Body in the Library

By Agatha Christie
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Saathwika A.
Oct 21, 2021

The Body in the Library, by Agatha Christie, is a Thriller/Mystery. The story starts off with the Bantrys waking up to a woman's dead body in the library. Nobody there identifies the woman, but later, they realize that she is a dancer from nearby. Miss Marple, a dear friend of Mrs. Bantry, investigates the crime scene. Miss Marple connects the death with other clues. No one is always speaking the truth.

Teen Review
The Lovely and the Lost by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Lovely and the Lost

By Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Shreya A.
Oct 7, 2021

The Lovely and the Lost is a thrilling and adventurous mystery novel by Jennifer Lyne Barnes. This book is about a girl named Kira, her brother Jude, and her best friend Free. Kira is a victim of child abuse and is a forest survivor; she was found by her foster mother, Cady. When her foster grandfather comes to their house and says something about a missing child, her whole family and her friend Free go to Sierra Glades National Park.

Teen Review
One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

One of Us Is Lying

By Karen M. McManus
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Oct 6, 2021

When 5 high school teenagers, Addy, Simon, Nate, Cooper, and Bronwyn get stuck in a detention room for a day; only 4 of them come out. Simon is dead and all four of them are suspects in this thrilling mystery. Who has supposedly murdered Simon? Read more to find out!

Teen Review
The Hollow Inside by Brooke Lauren Davis

The Hollow Inside

By Brooke Lauren Davis
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Oct 6, 2021

Phoenix, a 16 year old, and her mom Nina, live inside a van and steal to get by. Life seems normal to Phoenix until Nina takes them back to the hometown where Nina’s life had been ruined, Jasper Hollow. Nina wants to set the truth straight and let everyone know what had happened. With the help of her daughter, Phoenix, they will take down the man that had ruined their life. When Phoenix finds out information from the man that Nina hadn’t previously told her, she wonders if the life she had been living was a lie. Will Phoenix find out the truth?

Teen Review
The Cellar by Natasha Preston

The Cellar

By Natasha Preston
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Emma D.
Sep 9, 2021

The Cellar, by Natasha Preston, is a fiction thriller novel. It is about a young girl named Summer who gets kidnapped and taken to a cellar. With several other girls she is forced into a pretend life. While in the cellar she has to cook, clean, look good, and entertain Colin. The novel shows her, her family, and friends’ perspectives throughout Summer’s time inside the cellar. Will she ever be able to escape the cellar?

Teen Review
Batman Nightwalker by Marie Lu

Batman: Nightwalker

By Marie Lu
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Aryan C.
Aug 16, 2021

I read this book for a school project and ended up liking how DC Icons focused on how these main anti-villains and heroes came to be. When I read the first chapter of Batman Nightwalker I could not put it down because it had a suspenseful grasp on me. There were so many clues and mysteries to whom the nightwalkers were led by but with every chapter it felt astounding to read. I read that book two times since I finished it the first time on a weekend; I did not completely understand it so I read it again.

Teen Review
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

We Were Liars

By E. Lockhart
Star Rating

Rated by
Eric S.
Jul 25, 2021

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart is probably one of my least favorite books I have read in a while. The story attempts to paint trauma and mental illness in the eyes of a teenager. It tries to be relatable to the reader, and while I believe that this could have been achieved, the main character of the novel is quite frankly a horrible character.

Teen Review
Run, Hide Fight, Back by April Henry

Run, Hide, Fight Back

By April Henry

Rated by
Avery G.
Nov 25, 2019

A shooting in Portland mall leads to several teenagers being trapped with only 3 means of potential survival: they may run, hide, or fight back. However, they all are guarding big secrets, and tensions in the group run very high.

Teen Review
The Soul Keepers by Devon Taylor

The Soul Keepers

By Devon Taylor

Rated by
Emma J. From Blue Valley YAAC
Mar 18, 2019

When teenager Rhett dies, he becomes a skelletor on the Harbinger, which is a ship that collects souls when people die. Suddenly, a demon appears and wants some special power that Rhett seems to have. What could it be? How will Rhett and his new friends stop her? Or can they even? 

Teen Review
The Lonely Dead by April Henry

The Lonely Dead

By April Henry

Rated by
Nathan N. from Blue Valley YAAC
Mar 14, 2019

This book is about a girl named Adele who can see the dead. She's diagnosed as a schizophrenic and given pills to stop her "hallucinations", but one day, she misses a dose, realizes how alive she felt, and started flushing her pills. However, she sees the ghost of a former best friend who was murdered, and winds up being the prime suspect.

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