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The Puzzler's Mansion (2012)

by Eric Berlin(Favorite Author)

4.03 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0399256970 (ISBN13: 9780399256974)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Putnam Juvenile

series

The Puzzling World of Winston Breen

review 1: As said in many reviews, this is an excellent book for readers who like THE WESTING GAME. Although this isn’t the first book in the series, it takes no time to be involved in this story. Winston Breen and his buddies, Mal and Jake are invited to attend a puzzle weekend along with Mr. Breen at the estate of a famous musician. When prizes start disappearing, the secretary is blamed but there’s more to the story. Because there are so many word puzzles in the book this is not a good choice to read on a Kindle. So often you need to get to the back of the book to find the solutions, and then it’s challenging to return to the page you were on. Agest 8-10
review 2: Passionate puzzler Winston Breen is wondering if he should give up on puzzles; they're distracting ... morehim from his school studies and from opportunities in the real world. Then his friend Mr. Penrose invites Winston and his friends Jake and Mal to a weekend hosted by Mr. Penrose's friend Richard Overton, a world-famous pianist. Mr. Overton lives in a mansion and loves puzzles; he throws elaborate puzzle-weekends for his famous friends, and this time invites their families and friends to join them. Winston enjoys the puzzles, but strange things are happening at the mansion; valuable items are disappearing. Can Winston solve the puzzles and the mystery?This is a fun series, and the books are full of puzzles all the way through and in a special section at the end. I did a few of them, but mostly just read the story because I'm not the world's greatest puzzler (I have to use the Hints pages to get through my Nancy Drew computer games, playing at the amateur level--that's how bad I am). I liked Winston's concern about his passion interfering with his life, and the general question of what differentiates a passion from an interest, and whether a passion is worth the effort it requires. It's an interesting question not often addressed in kids' books. Anyway, the solution to the mystery was disappointing, but I enjoyed the book nonetheless. less

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