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Dated: 16th of February, 2010
An excellent second installment in the Conspiracy 365 franchise. Though this series is making a bit of a slow start, the story is already starting to take shape, with many myseries being introduced, and the clear message that solving them could very well be the only way Cal is going to manage to stay alive for the year.
With much going for it, this book *is* aimed at the early teens as it's upper limit... this is not to be considered anything but an afternoon flick-through for anyone above the age of about 16, in my opinion, as it lacks all the trappings that so attract the late-teen crowd, such as soppy romance scenes or blood-and-guts fight scenes.
One advantage this series has, over the more in-depth cousin, The 39 Clues, also published by Scholastic, is that it is all written by the same author - so flawless continuity is virtually assured. However, this fact also is the greatest weakness, I think, because there is less opportunity for 'dynamic dramatics' that can arise when one author sees the over-arching plot in a slightly different way.
Overall, I would have to say this series has some great potential, and I look forward to seeing how it pans out and develops over the remaining 10 titles.
Review by:
Dated: 16th of February, 2010
An excellent second installment in the Conspiracy 365 franchise. Though this series is making a bit of a slow start, the story is already starting to take shape, with many myseries being introduced, and the clear message that solving them could very well be the only way Cal is going to manage to stay alive for the year.
With much going for it, this book *is* aimed at the early teens as it's upper limit... this is not to be considered anything but an afternoon flick-through for anyone above the age of about 16, in my opinion, as it lacks all the trappings that so attract the late-teen crowd, such as soppy romance scenes or blood-and-guts fight scenes.
One advantage this series has, over the more in-depth cousin, The 39 Clues, also published by Scholastic, is that it is all written by the same author - so flawless continuity is virtually assured. However, this fact also is the greatest weakness, I think, because there is less opportunity for 'dynamic dramatics' that can arise when one author sees the over-arching plot in a slightly different way.
Overall, I would have to say this series has some great potential, and I look forward to seeing how it pans out and develops over the remaining 10 titles.
Review by:
Dated: 16th of February, 2010
An excellent second installment in the Conspiracy 365 franchise. Though this series is making a bit of a slow start, the story is already starting to take shape, with many myseries being introduced, and the clear message that solving them could very well be the only way Cal is going to manage to stay alive for the year.
With much going for it, this book *is* aimed at the early teens as it's upper limit... this is not to be considered anything but an afternoon flick-through for anyone above the age of about 16, in my opinion, as it lacks all the trappings that so attract the late-teen crowd, such as soppy romance scenes or blood-and-guts fight scenes.
One advantage this series has, over the more in-depth cousin, The 39 Clues, also published by Scholastic, is that it is all written by the same author - so flawless continuity is virtually assured. However, this fact also is the greatest weakness, I think, because there is less opportunity for 'dynamic dramatics' that can arise when one author sees the over-arching plot in a slightly different way.
Overall, I would have to say this series has some great potential, and I look forward to seeing how it pans out and develops over the remaining 10 titles.
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