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In the course of this shrill, forced narrative, the beach compound in which Jared's extended family summers becomes a hotbed of robbery, greed and blackmail. The tension never quite pulls tight in this confusing chiller, perhaps because Sleator introduces too many contrivances. Prix et récompensesListes notables
When an accidental dunking in toxic waste gives sixteen-year-old Jared the ability to read minds, he discovers horrifying secrets about family members at the summer reunion. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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But soon he has other problems keeping him occupied. His secret journal has gone missing, which means that someone now knows all about his huge crush on Annelise. Whoever took it knew the security code to his family's cottage, and since the thief wasn't either of his parents, it seems likely that there's another mind reader in his family, someone else who was exposed to the toxic swamp water.
This was originally published in 1993, and oof did it feel dated. Jared was the densest sixteen-year-old ever. I was willing to believe that it might take him a while to realize that he was hearing others' thoughts, but it boggled my mind that the thoughts he heard at this cookout were his first inkling that his dad had a drinking problem. I don't know if Sleator thought teens were stupid or if Jared was just that self-centered, but you'd think he'd have noticed something before, even just tension between his parents.
Jared's crush on Annelise was awkward and squicky. At one point, he tried to figure out how to get some alone time with her, because "our family frowned on romantic relations between cousins" (19). When Jared started developing an interest in another girl, it was, of course, yet another cousin. He really needed to get out and meet some girls who weren't related to him.
The story wasn't subtle in the slightest, with over-the-top villainy and one character who literally thought in diary entries (probably the only way poor Jared stood a chance of figuring things out in a reasonable amount of time). The ending was unsatisfying, and I'm not sure I'd recommend this to any modern teens. That said, there were some genuinely chilling moments at the end.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.) ( )