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Mouse (2012)

by D.M. Mitchell(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Amazon

review 1: This book is MESSED UP. I mean SERIOUSLY messed up. I had to read more of his books after I loved "Flinder's Field" so much, so I picked this one because it had a bloody mousetrap on the cover, and I hoped I'd like it even though it was set in the not-so-distant past (1976 isn't THAT long ago, but some people must have grown up thinking history was boring so they think books set in the past have to be boring too, and they write accordingly). This book wasn't boring, but like "Flinder's Field," it has a slow build. It's playing a long game, and every character we ,meet is a little off-kilter, so I kept guessing who would turn out to be the killer, and I changed my mind a million times. Even though I had the twist figured out pretty early, I still wasn't entirely sure ab... moreout who was the killer until right when the secret is revealed, and I think that's one charming bonus of this book. It's messed up enough to keep me guessing even when I'm pretty sure I'm right. All told, this is a nasty little story, mean spirited and twisted (and I mean that in the best way possible) and it makes me want to binge read all the author's other books like NOW.
review 2: This author takes you for quite the ride through the twists in this tale. You really feel for the young woman who is the focus of the story. She has lived a harrowing adventure of a life, having been institutionalized in a mental hospital for many years. Just wait until you learn the reason why! It is a sad commentary on the times in which she lived. There is a whole laundry list of additional characters that you will meet and try to understand. I enjoyed the descriptions that abound in the book, but sometimes the language can be a bit difficult to follow with the local colloquialisms. Overall I believe it is a book worth reading. less

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