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scribe391's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Set at Lake Norman North Carolina and narrated by twelve year old Celeste.
While visiting her grandparents, Celeste experiences strange “pranks.”
While visiting her grandparents, Celeste experiences strange “pranks.”
a1ice_booklover's review
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
mombythebooks's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-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? Yes
3.5
lostinausten's review
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-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
3.0
A girl spends the week at her grandparents' lake house and scary things begin to happen.
I know this is a spooky book meant for kids, but it was repititive, boring and not scary at all. I did appreciate the history behind why African Americans haven't always learned how to swim due to being denied usage of pools or not having ones nearby. This reminded me of the book Swim Team, which also explains this issue. The author had a great message of facing your fears, but the book is all over the place and very anticlimactic.
I know this is a spooky book meant for kids, but it was repititive, boring and not scary at all. I did appreciate the history behind why African Americans haven't always learned how to swim due to being denied usage of pools or not having ones nearby. This reminded me of the book Swim Team, which also explains this issue. The author had a great message of facing your fears, but the book is all over the place and very anticlimactic.
larrie_berrie's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
littlepepperguy's review against another edition
3.5
The narrator made this story pretty tense and spooky. I'm not going to lie, I was a bit freaked out for the first 80% but the ending was def corny and took all the fear out of the rest of it. I still enjoyed the story at the end of the day but the "point" of the story was reiterated a little to much and too on the nose.
sierranorgan's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
3.5
I really enjoyed part of this book but other parts just didn’t hit as well as they should have. Overall not bad and enjoyable!
mehsi's review
3.0
A book about family, conquering fears, and summer. Sadly, it was absolutely not scary + I had some other things that didn’t work for me.
First up, sorry for the chaotic review. Haha, I just have some feels/opinions about this one and I am not getting them sorted, so this will have to do. XD
One of my anticipate books of 2022. Sadly, not as scary as I had hoped and it had me rolling my eyes a few times. Meet Celeste, a 12-year old girl about to go on vacation to her grandparents where she will also meet her cousins. One of her goals of that summer is swimming as she wasn’t able to learn swimming from lessons. I quite liked Celeste though at times she kind of frustrated me. She sometimes had thoughts and I would have rather see her go to people and talk instead of just doing what she did.
On a horror scale.. well maybe just hitting the 1 out of 5 for me. It was just NOT scary. Yeah, there were a few spooky moments, but nothing truly frightening. I know that this is MG, but come on, I have read some terrifying MG. Like Goosebumps or What Lives in the Woods or the fab series of You’re Invited to a Creepover. And given the blurb and the cover I had expected something SUPER scary.
I wanted to yeet that lady at the community pool so hard when she said all she did when Celeste and her grandpa went there. WTF. We are in 2022 and you still say that shit? Excuse my language, but I was just so pissed at this woman. I was proud of Celeste for speaking up, but seriously, can that lady just f off.
First up, sorry for the chaotic review. Haha, I just have some feels/opinions about this one and I am not getting them sorted, so this will have to do. XD
One of my anticipate books of 2022. Sadly, not as scary as I had hoped and it had me rolling my eyes a few times. Meet Celeste, a 12-year old girl about to go on vacation to her grandparents where she will also meet her cousins. One of her goals of that summer is swimming as she wasn’t able to learn swimming from lessons. I quite liked Celeste though at times she kind of frustrated me. She sometimes had thoughts and I would have rather see her go to people and talk instead of just doing what she did.
On a horror scale.. well maybe just hitting the 1 out of 5 for me. It was just NOT scary. Yeah, there were a few spooky moments, but nothing truly frightening. I know that this is MG, but come on, I have read some terrifying MG. Like Goosebumps or What Lives in the Woods or the fab series of You’re Invited to a Creepover. And given the blurb and the cover I had expected something SUPER scary.
I wanted to yeet that lady at the community pool so hard when she said all she did when Celeste and her grandpa went there. WTF. We are in 2022 and you still say that shit? Excuse my language, but I was just so pissed at this woman. I was proud of Celeste for speaking up, but seriously, can that lady just f off.
rikkir77's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
2.75
linneamo's review
3.0
a little clumsy but i like the lessons and the history it was trying to teach, a good recommend for elementary horror fans that don't like BIG books