Turton is such a creative mystery author - different every time and yet he uses the same creative approaches to a wild final outcome. I’m a science fiction, lover, and enjoy a post-apocalyptic
tale,  so this one really worked for me.

My daughter begged for this at the scholastic book fair and then read it in a few days time. She asked me to read it so we could talk about it and of course I obliged. The art is truly beautiful and I love how it weaves together Greek mythology (sorta) with unicorn legends, Egyptian mythology, and more. Definitely appropriate for 4th graders.

This moved a little slow for me. It is technically a psychological “thriller,” I guess, but I walked away mostly just really depressed.

Fun premise, love the lonely radio broadcast in the mountains. Found the wind up unsatisfying - but I know there’s other books in the series so perhaps we get more closure later on?

Foley is so good at the mis directs and keeps you guessing always. It’s cheeky and dark, with witty criticisms on class and wellness.

The prose was lovely if not a little heavy handed. I’m still a little lost on the mystery resolution. I definitely struggled to like Frankie at all.

Enjoyed the world and the political mystery was well crafted, but I could not for the life of me care less about this main character and her well-being. The pettiness and stupidity of her actions was just hard to empathize with. 

I actually preferred this one to the first! Clever and funny. 

I feel like was a story that was underdeveloped. We hopped from plot point to plot point too easily and smoothly. I rarely say this, but I think it needed to be longer so that each new discovery, leading to the final, has time to build.

Read this out loud to the kids. There is just no one better!