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Siete Esqueletos Decapitados (2009)

by Antonio Malpica(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

9707774991 (ISBN13: 9789707774995)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Oceano De Mexico

series

El Libro de los Héroes

review 1: En lo personal, Nunca me habia llamado la atencion, pero mi chico me hablo de el, y me lo presto, Las primeras paginas, Unicas, Un asesino que disfrutaba el dolor de las familias, pero luego cambio a una historia diferente, pero seguia manteniendo ese suspenso, ese que quieras seguir leyendo, Segui, Segui, Y WOW, pero que ingenio, El mezclar magia/terror/Paranormal/la vida mexicana , WOW. Y luego enterarme: Es una historia para Niños. WOW, Espero con ancias leer el segundo de esta trilogia. Malpica me trajo a ese minuto en mi infancia al leer "la Granja groshaam"Mi libro de misterio y magia favorito. Hace poco lei un texto escrito por Malpica, Una historia sobre un juego. Dios, Este escritor, se volvio uno recordado para mi.
review 2: A 12 year old boy who at ... moretimes seems like a weird mixture between Lisbeth Salander (with a photographic memory) and Harry Potter (with loyal and unquestioning sidekicks Ron and Hermione) is helping a disgruntled but well-intentioned cop find a serial killer. All the ingredients to a great story are there, yet at the end the best I can come up with is, "It's pretty good… for a Mexican book." I like the fact that books like these are published in my country, that other genres and age groups are being considered. The story has a very local context: from the chauffeur at the mercy/disposal of a rich child and a little girl who wants nothing more than to dance and have a boyfriend, to some elements of mexican culture that frankly seemed a bit too forced (like the thought that two boys will have posters of Ana Guevara on their bedrooms… Niurka or Chicharito I'd buy). The suspense was good, as was the social criticism in regards to inequalities and insecurity. But even though the story followed detective-story formulas successfully, I wanted more character development, less fade outs in the action scenes, and believable child-adult interactions. It was still an engaging story with a good villain and with a good balance of unanswered questions/ satisfying answers, so I might still read the next book and see where the series goes. less

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