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Behind the Screen by Israel Keats
1.0
…what the heck was that?
Few stories I read have “hello fellow kids” energy, but oh boy this one did. The characters felt off, the plot was anticlimactic, and it reminded me of books I read in elementary school, but meant for teen audiences. (I assume this one is for teens based on the subject matter being a catfishing "mystery," but since the publisher exclusively does Pre-K to Grade 12 as an age range, maybe this is for middle grade? I honestly don't know who this is for. It's written like it's for elementary students in terms of style, but the subject matter just doesn't match.)
Thing is, even though it was bad enough to warrant a 1-1.5 star rating, it wasn't even bad in a way that makes me upset or gives me much to say about it. It didn't do any particular thing spectacularly wrong, it just did every part of the story with such mediocrity that I can't find anything good about it.
At least it was short, I suppose. So that's a silver lining.
Few stories I read have “hello fellow kids” energy, but oh boy this one did. The characters felt off, the plot was anticlimactic, and it reminded me of books I read in elementary school, but meant for teen audiences. (I assume this one is for teens based on the subject matter being a catfishing "mystery," but since the publisher exclusively does Pre-K to Grade 12 as an age range, maybe this is for middle grade? I honestly don't know who this is for. It's written like it's for elementary students in terms of style, but the subject matter just doesn't match.)
Thing is, even though it was bad enough to warrant a 1-1.5 star rating, it wasn't even bad in a way that makes me upset or gives me much to say about it. It didn't do any particular thing spectacularly wrong, it just did every part of the story with such mediocrity that I can't find anything good about it.
At least it was short, I suppose. So that's a silver lining.