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A review by imrehg
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
3.0
As a teenager I had a fair share of books of "teenager detective stories", and I love them. Reading this one (quite a time after I've no teenager no more) brought me back to those books and it was an interesting read. Good to be reminded how does it feel when there are much fewer limits of your curiosity, when you want to discover more, things should really be done "right" instead of the way they "supposed to".
This would be a great book for any teenagers to get into, and that was the aim of the writer, no doubt. Too bad that it is the exact reason why the book feels a bit forced, feels exactly as it is: "a book written by a grown up talking to a kid". I really would like to hear the feedback of some of the "target audience" what was on the mark and what felt maybe out of touch with how do they really think?
This would be a great book for any teenagers to get into, and that was the aim of the writer, no doubt. Too bad that it is the exact reason why the book feels a bit forced, feels exactly as it is: "a book written by a grown up talking to a kid". I really would like to hear the feedback of some of the "target audience" what was on the mark and what felt maybe out of touch with how do they really think?