This book starts when Rory starts her senior year at a boarding school in London. Review: It’s Halloween! Happy Halloween! And what better way to celebrate than with a review of a sincerely creepy and delightfully satisfying ghost story/mystery set in contemporary London surrounding the mythology of Jack the Ripper? When you add to that list that it’s by the always funny and immensely readable Maureen Johnson, I probably don’t even have to tell you that this book is a must-read. Who would we give it to? Both fans of Maureen Johnson’s sharp, witty contemporary novels and people who like reading about mysterious London ghosts will be totally delighted with this book. And when the crazy ghost-related events take their turn about halfway through the book, she also kind of becomes an action hero, without letting go of the personality quirks that made us like her so much in the first half. She hates sports, she likes to read, she’s funny and a good friend.
I feel completely confident that if Rory and I would be really good friends, if, you know, she was real and I was also a teenager at a British Boarding School. There are many interesting female characters, and Rory, our hero, is totally likable and really brave in a believable way. Because, you guys, this book is really good, and really Slatebreaking in a whole lot of ways. I’m so glad I’m done with the cover section of this review, because now I can just say good things. It’s worth it.ĭoes it Break the Slate? Totally. So trust me, buy the book, remove the book jacket, commence reading. If you didn’t already know & trust Maureen Johnson as an author, I can’t imagine being in a bookstore, and purchasing this book on the cover alone.
But the American one screams to me “THIS BOOK WILL BE FETISHIZING VIRGINAL MURDER VICTIMS, ALSO LOOK AT THIS DASHING OLD TIMEY GENTLEMAN” which is super unfortunate because that’s not what the book was about at all. Although why is there a butterfly? I don’t know. I’m not fond of the the glammed up model on the British cover (right) but at least it seems like some attempt was made to make the girl look like the physical description of Rory. The texture of the book jacket is some kind of fancy sparkly material that makes it look even sillier. We have a fragile and glamorous looking, probably dead or at least unconscious girl being shadowed by a mysterious old fashioned gentleman. But really, there is no apologizing for this cover. Genre: Contemporary, Mystery, Ghost Storyįace Value: Well, unfortunately, it’s the worst, which is particularly disappointing given the high quality of the writing between the covers. Putnam’s Sons, 2011 (Currently Available)
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