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My daughter was so happy to have this book, she was enjoying every word in it, she is a bookworm who loves books more than anything.
She told it was full of imagination pirates and mysteries, she is planning to bring the second one.


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House of Secrets Chris Columbus Ned Vizzini Greg Call 9780062192462 Books Reviews

tons of stuff goes on. a lot of good stuff - maybe too much - to me it wasn't as good as I was expecting - but maybe I was expecting the second coming of Harry Potter - that it ain't . But I'm an adult and this is probably a lot of fun for young people. I wonder if this will be a movie series -
Chris Columbus writes a children's book. This is enough to capture the interest of any modern film fan and any child of the eighties who grew up watching the classic movies such as The Goonies and Gremlins. Columbus is an excellent film maker but can he write in the novel format. With the help of Ned Vizzini Columbus wrote this novel which he has said is a thematic sequel to The Goonies.
The plot revolves around three children. Cordelia, Eleanor and Brendan all typical 2K13 era children. Their father looses his job and the family is forced to move into a old mansion that was owned by Denver Kristoff, a pulp fiction writer from the early 20th Century.
After an encounter with a creepy neighbor and an angel statue that gave me the creeps they are sent into the world of the Kristoff novels and must use their wits to get out of it.
I really thought that this novel was good. The characters were vivid and there was a lot of action, chapters left you wanting to know what happens next. Columbus had sent the manuscript to Rowling who gave advice about developing the characters and slowing the speed slightly.
The advice worked because the novel does not move too fast and you feel sympathy for each characters different situation when dealing with their tests and tribulations as characters in this novel.
I think the novel was trying to be a specific length, and toward the end it did seem to almost add on a few more action scenes so that it would reach the proper page length.
I give this book four stars because I really enjoyed it and I am anxious to read book 2.
Good for YA. Read review that indicated this was good for adults in genre of harry potter. It falls short for adults. It is clever and engaging for older kids and teens. Storys shows siblings relationships in a realistic way. Also shows children working through problems.
I bought this book after listening to the interview on NPR. Sounded like a ripping yarn and there was the possibility that I could read this to my 4th grade class at school. Huge disappointment. While the plot is ok (magic house transports kids, characters come to life, much peril), it reads like something I'd write. Barely fleshed out main characters, unexplained leaps, not believable enough to keep you immersed. Throughout the book I got the idea that the author(s?), after working with the Harry Potter movies, looked at each other and said, "How hard can this be? Let's write a book!"
There's a lot to like and not to like about "House of Secrets."

The novel has well-developed characters, interesting settings and a story that is both macabre and mysterious. The tale begins with the Walker family on its way to an old cliff house in San Francisco, which is being sold at a deep discount the family desperately needs due to the father's unemployment situation. Well, no surprise, they wind up moving in and, almost immediately, odd things start happening and the plot thickens. But I won't ruin the story. I'll just say that the characters a fleshed out clearly with their own specific personalities. The author's write prose that moves along briskly. That's the good.

Here's the bad.

First, pretty violent for a younger crowd that's less than thirteen, I'd say. Two characters get stabbed, one in the chest, one in the back. Another character gets an arrow in his eye, then pulls out the arrow with his eye attached to it. Another character is known for vivisecting humans.

Second, the amount of brands and names dropped into the story is excessive. Anderson Cooper, PSP, Hot Topic, "Game of Thrones." More distracting than anything.

Third, the story winds up being, for the most part, deus ex machina. Toward the end of the book, the Walker boy, Brendan, encounters a girl named Celene who indicates that he is rumored to be their savior. Well, that never actually happens and their isn't one, not two, but three deus ex machina contrivances at the end of the story. Basically, the characters have little control over their own fates at the end of the story, being largely saved by god-like and magical forces in several situations.

While I was never bored by the story, I was never blown away by it either.
A thrilling tale of mystery, adventure, and suspense. So well written and really caused you to get lost in the book! Great characters and each chapter left you wanting to know more
This was a thrilling adventure! I loved the growth that all three main characters, Cordelia, Brendan, and Eleanor experience throughout the novel. The illustrations were incredible and really added something to the story. The imagery is colorful and vivid, the scenes that Columbus and Vizzini set seem to come to life on their own. I can't wait to see what else the duo has in store for the Walker family.
My daughter was so happy to have this book, she was enjoying every word in it, she is a bookworm who loves books more than anything.
She told it was full of imagination pirates and mysteries, she is planning to bring the second one.