This Book Is AMAZING! I read it in three days! Plus when I finished it I wanted t read the next one! ( )

This was written for the Young Adult crowd but looked like it might be fun. Well, it was a little fun, a little clever, but ultimately not very satisfying. Not enough plot twists, really, and the narrator was being coy and that wasn’t really working out that well. I could've skipped this one. I'm going to be more discerning about what sorts of YA books I may try in the future. This was just far too lightweight. ( )

It’s not just the name of the book, it’s even the characters that we can’t really know about. The whole story is designed to keep us guessing – what’s the secret?

This was like something directly out of an adventurous questing dream put down in words. While found in the children's section of libraries and bookstores, it's a book that plenty should read. Pseudonymous Bosch, whoever they are, is the next Lemony Snicket. It's an engaging, real-life topic (synesthesia) blended with fantastic mysteries. Two ordinary children give it a lifelike surrealism, with surprisingly deeper characterization than an adult book would give. The author talks back to the reader with quirky, hilarious footnotes and in-dialogue intermissions, adding a whole new dimension of incredulous amazement. The story ends on an open note, leaving room for the sequels to come (and one already has and is just as great!) ( )

A nice, if not a little confusing, mystery for younger readers. The premise is wonderful...a secret so deadly that the author is afraid to even write about it. The problem is, Psuedonymous Bosch spends so much time telling you why he/she shouldn't be telling you about it that he/she often loses the story. The mix between mystery and puzzle is quite a bit like Chasing Vermeer or The Wright 3, but with some fantastical elements mixed in, a la The Alchemyst: The Immortal Secrets of Nicholas Flamel. In short, when this book isn't following in the footsteps of better writtten books or confusing young readers by saying "I really shouldn't be saying this", it is actually a quite nice mystery/thriller, with promise of a good sequel. ( )