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Mojo (2013)

by Tim Tharp(Favorite Author)

3.21 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0375864458 (ISBN13: 9780375864452)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Knopf Books for Young Readers

review 1: 3.5 stars. Pros: I like the writing, the balance of humor and angst, the extremely believable characters of Dylan and his friends, the focus on what it's like to be a very ordinary guy, as opposed to a guy with superpowers fighting a Great Evil. This is the real world where evil exists a little bit in everyone. Cons: The mystery never ended up being very mysterious to me and Dylan's role as a detective was a bit too obviously amateur. Maybe that was the point, but his extreme cluelessness when it came to figuring out what was going on was a bit frustrating. Believable, yes, but maybe I wanted to see just a teeny bit of non-ordinary-ness.
review 2: Through randombuzzers.com, a site full of fun stuff for teen readers, I was given an advanced reader's copy of this... more book with the task to read it, review it, and spread the word about it. I do not care at all for mystery stories, and was thus not looking forward to reading it, but it was actually ok. It was definitely a very engaging book, and I have to appreciate it for the writing style if nothing else. I also liked how it combined the drama of everyday life as a teenager with the mystery of a missing girl. As far as the plot itself, it's hard for me to write a review because it simply is not the kind of book I like to read. Therefore I would definitely recommend it to any teenager who likes a mystery full of twists and turns as well as drama, but for those of us less interested in mystery, I rate it as an ok read. less

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