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The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

19 reviews

melaschnie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Self harm, Violence, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug use

bookb1itch's review

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Loved this as much as Bk1.  Sadly #3 is not available as audio via Wheelers, so i might have to read it on paper.  I liked having this on my phone in my pocket and will continue with my next audiobook.
Saw something on my socials on the weekend that said if you love Pippa from "Good Girl's guide to Murder" you would probably like Stevie Bell from this series.  I had already made the connection and am planning to recommend this series to the 14yo readers who enjoy Holly Jackson, and perhaps also Jennifer Lynn Barnes.  I especially like the back and forth between 1937/8 and the present. A great mystery without too much to confront teen readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Drug use

emmajh91's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

headinthepages's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rylin_marie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my goshhhhhhhhhhhh i’m speechless

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Alcohol

themoodreader's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

falennahrm's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

rissaandherbooks's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

An incredible continuation of my favorite series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, and Alcohol

aylin05's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Before i begin my review of this book i’d like to warn anybody who might care that the book ends on a MASSIVE cliffhanger so be prepared to immediately want to read the next book. 
anyway, the book was wonderful as you’d expect from the first one. similarly to the last one, there’s a lot of just open and random details that were difficult for me to get through. BUT when things started to pick up at certain points i was absolutely ENTRANCED. 
one of the perpetual problems i have with this series, though, is that there are A LOT of characters. There’s a whole number of characters that are from the past (from alberts time) and then even more from the present (from stevie’s time) so it’s a bit confusing when a random name pops up and you have to figure out if it’s stevie’s classmate in bio or her friends friends friend that she met at a party. fr tho i counted and there’s 28 characters that i can name off the top of my head.
anyway, overall, the book was the perfect sequel to the first book. so if you liked the first book you’ll love this one too. its the perfect captivating murder mystery and i’d highly recommend. 
now i’m going to read the next one :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Blood, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury