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Dead Man's Cove (2010)

by Lauren St. John(Favorite Author)

4.19 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1444000209 (ISBN13: 9781444000207)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Orion Children's Books

series

Laura Marlin Mysteries

review 1: 1. I decided to read this book because a family member recommended it to me and said that it was very good. I also liked the themes of the book.2. A character I found interesting was Mr. Calvin Redfern who was the uncle of Laura Marlin. In the story he was described as a “disheveled one-eyed tyrant who arrived into town in the dead of night”, and I thought what this means was that nobody knew him well and that he just appeared from somewhere one day. Later on, in the story he is revealed to be a detective that moved into town because of a tragic accident but is being followed by a gang who wants to seek revenge. I thought he was interesting because in the beginning he looked like a normal person who might have had a very bad past and moved in to start a new life but th... moreen it turns out that he is actually a detective undercover and solving a mystery. I also think that his character is very important in the story.3. My favourite quote from the book was the description of Mr. Calvin Redfern: “The ink-black figure of a man stood framed against the yellow light with a wolfhound at his side. The slope of his shoulders and knots of muscles in his forearm as he gripped the creatures collar, spoke of an immense power, carefully restrained.” I thought this quote was quite interesting because of the powerful descriptive language that was used to describe him like; the ‘ink-black figure’ makes him sound sinister and intimidating. Also the description of his physical appearance makes us think that he is probably a bad person who has power and can do anything he want when he is really not like that. 4. Something that I thought more deeply/differently about was how looks can be quite deceiving and of how Laura went pass her limits to go solve a mystery by herself and put herself in danger sometimes. It also made me think about who you should put your trust in because even the closest person might not be as trustful as you think they are.
review 2: I read this book as a bedtime story to my two children (9 & 8 years old). We all thoroughly enjoyed it - and sometimes the 'one chapter for each of you' rule was stretched because none of us could bear to leave it until the next night! **SPOILER**The only reason I have not given this book 5 stars is because of the way we jumped from the middle of the action - the two main characters getting swept away down a tunnel - to after the event, then being told what had happened through recall. In my opinion it would have been better to stay with the action and experience the eventual rescue first hand. It is just a minor detail, as like I said, we all thoroughly enjoyed it and I will be purchasing further Laura Marlin Mysteries. less

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