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The Window
It should have been the skiing holiday of a lifetime. But Jody sprains her ankle and finds herself alone with nothing to do but gaze out of her cabin window.
Gazing into the cabin of a beautiful neighbor she witnesses the fight, the murder and the killer...or does she?
And if the murder is real, has the killer been watching Jody?
Gazing into the cabin of a beautiful neighbor she witnesses the fight, the murder and the killer...or does she?
And if the murder is real, has the killer been watching Jody?
168 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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Carol Ellis
91 books92 followersCarol Ellis is an American author of young adult and children’s fiction. Her first novel, My Secret Admirer, was published in 1989 by Scholastic as part of their popular Point Thriller line.
She went on to write over fifteen novels, including a few titles in the Zodiac Chillers series published by Random House in the mid-1990s, and two titles in The Blair Witch Files series for young adults, published by Bantam between 2000 and 2001.
She went on to write over fifteen novels, including a few titles in the Zodiac Chillers series published by Random House in the mid-1990s, and two titles in The Blair Witch Files series for young adults, published by Bantam between 2000 and 2001.
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February 24, 2018
Jody Sanderson goes on a skiing trip at Brevard Pass with a bunch of kids she doesn't really know well. (Jody's friend Kate planned this trip with Jody but then came down with the flu and now she can't go with her. So Kate persuades Jody to go on the ski trip without her.) Jody arrives at Brevard Pass and she meets some of the other kids. After having an accident on the slopes Jody hurts her ankle. She decides to stay indoors in the cabin while the other kids go to a party. Bored and groggy on pain pills Kate starts looking out the window...and she thinks she witnesses a murder in another cabin.
This was an enjoyable read for young adults but it wasn't very scary. The murder didn't happen till about halfway through the story so there wasn't much action or suspense till then. But it was still a fun, short, entertaining read. This book reminded me slightly of that old Hitchcock movie "Rear Window".
This was an enjoyable read for young adults but it wasn't very scary. The murder didn't happen till about halfway through the story so there wasn't much action or suspense till then. But it was still a fun, short, entertaining read. This book reminded me slightly of that old Hitchcock movie "Rear Window".
September 8, 2021
This is basically Rear Window, which isn’t a bad thing!
Jody was supposed to be going on a skiing trip to Brevard Pass with Kate, but with her friend ill with flu she goes on the trip with a group of complete strangers.
During the trip Jody slips on the ice and hurts her ankle, whilst resting in bed she witnesses a murder.
I still found it to be a really entertaining read, the mystery element was fun having been introduced to the six strangers earlier on in the book.
I was surprised by the reveal!
Jody was supposed to be going on a skiing trip to Brevard Pass with Kate, but with her friend ill with flu she goes on the trip with a group of complete strangers.
During the trip Jody slips on the ice and hurts her ankle, whilst resting in bed she witnesses a murder.
I still found it to be a really entertaining read, the mystery element was fun having been introduced to the six strangers earlier on in the book.
I was surprised by the reveal!
February 23, 2022
3.5 stars
March 17, 2023
I found this little book at the thrifstore and I thought that nothing would happen in it because it was written for kids. I have to say it surprised me to have a real story of murder in it.
May 30, 2018
Another blast from the past during my teenage years. This one was an obvious inspiration of Hitchcock’s Rear Window with a young female protagonist. I’m sure I thought this was the bee’s knees back in 1992, but in 2018 it was just okay. Decent writing, interesting characters. The suspense fell flat. Carol Ellis ain’t no Hitchcock, but who is. Still a decent read and one of the better selections in the Point Thriller line.
June 4, 2019
The pace is as glacial as its snow-bound setting. The murder didn't happen until the halfway mark, and the actual corpse was only discovered near the end. There was some tension alright, but it didn't break out into anything remotely exciting until the climax, which was relatively frigid compared to other retro YA horror books.
I do like how the author set up the mystery so as to be nearly inscrutable. Going through the events again though, I believe the crime would have been solved even without our lead's intervention. If she hasn't been snooping through her window, she won't have put her life in danger and everything would still have been sorted out.
It's not terribly engrossing, but I shan't call it a waste of time. I'm rating it 5/10 or 2 stars out of 5.
I do like how the author set up the mystery so as to be nearly inscrutable. Going through the events again though, I believe the crime would have been solved even without our lead's intervention. If she hasn't been snooping through her window, she won't have put her life in danger and everything would still have been sorted out.
It's not terribly engrossing, but I shan't call it a waste of time. I'm rating it 5/10 or 2 stars out of 5.
August 20, 2018
Not great literature or great horror but entertaining. Good for an easy read.
January 25, 2026
Jody is on the skiing holiday of her dreams but an injury has her laid up gazing forlornly out of her cabin window. Her beautiful neighbour opposite fascinates her until she witnesses her murder or is someone playing tricks and really watching Jody?
Very “Rear Window” vibes but make it teen angst and love triangles. A load of teenagers alone in a ski lodge I mean what could go wrong! There is jealousy, crushes, deep seated hatred, seething resentment and skiing. I really liked Jody, stuck with a load of people she doesn’t know because her friend who was the link is too ill to come. She watches and observes.
A fun mystery with an interesting reveal, this was a win for me!
Very “Rear Window” vibes but make it teen angst and love triangles. A load of teenagers alone in a ski lodge I mean what could go wrong! There is jealousy, crushes, deep seated hatred, seething resentment and skiing. I really liked Jody, stuck with a load of people she doesn’t know because her friend who was the link is too ill to come. She watches and observes.
A fun mystery with an interesting reveal, this was a win for me!
October 20, 2021
One-Line Review: Don’t stay in bed for days, staring out the window, because of a sprained ankle.
Full Review:
Okay, so it's a total ripoff of Rear Window. At least it's a fairly good ripoff. Jody has gone skiing with a bunch of kids she doesn't know, since she was invited by a friend who's now stuck at home with flu. (Does this really happen? If the only person I knew on a trip had to cancel, I'd likely cancel too, particularly if everyone else knew each other and I hadn't invested any money in it. Not to mention the fact that my parents would have been iffy about me going away with a bunch of strangers at the age of 17, even strangers that my best friend vouched for. But maybe that's just me.) Anyway, she goes to a ski resort with six strangers, skis for a couple of days, and then sprains her ankle and ends up stuck in bed. (I've had sprained ankles, and torn ligaments, and broken bones. I did NOT end up confined to bed in a single room, doped up on painkillers. Again, maybe just me.) While she's stuck in bed, she watches people in other cabins (not just me!) and sees what might be the murder of the beautiful, spoilt girl in the cabin next door, who is love-hated by two of the guys in Jody's group and just plain hated by the other four. She's not sure that anything really happened. There was a red stain that could have been blood, but it's gone now. The girl hasn't been seen again, but she did say she might be leaving any minute. There was someone dragging something heavy through the snow, but that could have been garbage bags.
Then the girl shows up dead.
Dear Lord, why do these kids not phone the police?!
For all its faults, though, The Window is a pretty good read. Carol Ellis manages to weave a feeling of alienation through the book, allowing the reader to get a pretty good idea of the isolation and confusion that Jody feels, not knowing anyone properly, not really being able to trust anyone, not being mobile enough to just leave. It's a lonely book, with enough bitchiness and friction between the supporting characters to keep you on your toes, and a bizarre villain who somehow works. Tense and creepy.
Verdict: Not an especially comfortable read, but quite chilling.
Full Review:
Okay, so it's a total ripoff of Rear Window. At least it's a fairly good ripoff. Jody has gone skiing with a bunch of kids she doesn't know, since she was invited by a friend who's now stuck at home with flu. (Does this really happen? If the only person I knew on a trip had to cancel, I'd likely cancel too, particularly if everyone else knew each other and I hadn't invested any money in it. Not to mention the fact that my parents would have been iffy about me going away with a bunch of strangers at the age of 17, even strangers that my best friend vouched for. But maybe that's just me.) Anyway, she goes to a ski resort with six strangers, skis for a couple of days, and then sprains her ankle and ends up stuck in bed. (I've had sprained ankles, and torn ligaments, and broken bones. I did NOT end up confined to bed in a single room, doped up on painkillers. Again, maybe just me.) While she's stuck in bed, she watches people in other cabins (not just me!) and sees what might be the murder of the beautiful, spoilt girl in the cabin next door, who is love-hated by two of the guys in Jody's group and just plain hated by the other four. She's not sure that anything really happened. There was a red stain that could have been blood, but it's gone now. The girl hasn't been seen again, but she did say she might be leaving any minute. There was someone dragging something heavy through the snow, but that could have been garbage bags.
Then the girl shows up dead.
Dear Lord, why do these kids not phone the police?!
For all its faults, though, The Window is a pretty good read. Carol Ellis manages to weave a feeling of alienation through the book, allowing the reader to get a pretty good idea of the isolation and confusion that Jody feels, not knowing anyone properly, not really being able to trust anyone, not being mobile enough to just leave. It's a lonely book, with enough bitchiness and friction between the supporting characters to keep you on your toes, and a bizarre villain who somehow works. Tense and creepy.
Verdict: Not an especially comfortable read, but quite chilling.
November 29, 2017
EDIT 2: Okay, so I got through this latest reread and I really did enjoy the book again. But probably not as much as THE LIFEGUARD, the one I re-read before this one. It's certainly got nice man meat to keep the teens occupied, but in my warped mind apparently nobody can compare to Neale Connell. Hehe. Still, it's a cool and creepy mystery, and I like the main character Jody.
Often when I'm reading these books, I'm thinking of how they could be expanded into a "proper" full length novel, really enriched. It makes me wonder if the authors of these works ever wish they'd written them as proper novels.
EDIT: I'm reading this again in 2011...yay!
This was always one of my favourite Point books. Some nice man meat to choose from, and I still remember my first read and how shocked I was to find out who the murderer was. :)
Often when I'm reading these books, I'm thinking of how they could be expanded into a "proper" full length novel, really enriched. It makes me wonder if the authors of these works ever wish they'd written them as proper novels.
EDIT: I'm reading this again in 2011...yay!
This was always one of my favourite Point books. Some nice man meat to choose from, and I still remember my first read and how shocked I was to find out who the murderer was. :)
January 17, 2016
4 out of 5 Point Horror Book Stars!
(I rate these books compared to other Point Horror Books Only)
I read this as part of the #pointhorrorbookclub that I run monthly!
You can read the post here http://talesofyesterday.co.uk/2016/01...
This is more of a discussion than a review with highlighted areas of the book and has a comedy feel to the discussion to. Please be aware that as this is a discussion there will be spoilers.
Want to know more about #pointhorrorbookclub - check this out http://talesofyesterday.co.uk/tales-p...
All in all I personally liked this book - classic retro point horror!
For more reviews and book chat please visit www.talesofyesterday.co.uk
Please be aware that the discussion will contain spoilers!
(I rate these books compared to other Point Horror Books Only)
I read this as part of the #pointhorrorbookclub that I run monthly!
You can read the post here http://talesofyesterday.co.uk/2016/01...
This is more of a discussion than a review with highlighted areas of the book and has a comedy feel to the discussion to. Please be aware that as this is a discussion there will be spoilers.
Want to know more about #pointhorrorbookclub - check this out http://talesofyesterday.co.uk/tales-p...
All in all I personally liked this book - classic retro point horror!
For more reviews and book chat please visit www.talesofyesterday.co.uk
Please be aware that the discussion will contain spoilers!
February 16, 2021
Rear Window x teens on a ski trip. Not bad, but not very memorable either.
October 2, 2021
Quelle nostalgie de retrouver les romans Frissons de mon adolescence! J'ai bien aimé, même si l'action tarde un peu à arriver. 10 ans et plus.
July 31, 2018
Très heureuse que certains tomes de ma collection de jeunesse préférée aient été réédités!!! L’histoire est pareille à quelques détails près, changés pour que l’histoire soit plus moderne. La nouvelle édition n’est pas sur Goodreads, donc j’ai pris la vieille!
July 16, 2023
A fun "Rear Window" remake from Point Thrillers 1992.
March 12, 2024
Nostalgia for a bygone era of ya books at its best.
August 2, 2024
A nice quick read with a decent amount of suspense.
June 15, 2024
Perfect book
And i love the part where Jenny finds out that Susan is de murderer
👍
And i love the part where Jenny finds out that Susan is de murderer
👍
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 12, 2026
My high school ski trips were never this suspenseful.
March 28, 2021
Clearly taking inspiration from Rear Window (1954), The Window is a relatively tame Point Horror book. The pacing is on the slower side and there are very few attempts at any horror - no prank phone calls or threatening notes or flights of wild imagination. Instead we have a character who mostly looks out of a window and tries to piece together what she thinks she maybe saw. It's hardly a riveting read.
But I actually didn't mind The Window. I loved the ski resort setting, and although I usually gripe when Point Horror books quickly introduce a lot of characters, I felt that Carol Ellis did a good job with depicting their different personalities, and it wasn't long before I could easily differentiate who was who. I also quite liked the protagonist, Jody - she never seemed to do anything too silly and was surprisingly sensible.
So far the only other Point Horror contributions I've read by Carol Ellis have been My Secret Admirer and her short story in Thirteen Tales of Horror . She's a solid writer but I'm keen to see if her future Point Horror entries delve more into the horror, as I'd characterise her efforts so far as thrillers more than anything else. The Window is a fine Point Horror book, but beyond the setting I don't think there's anything that will prove to be particularly memorable about this.
3/5
Point Horror Ranked
1) The Girlfriend - 4/5
2) Trick or Treat - 3.5/5
3) Fatal Secrets - 3.5/5
4) Teacher's Pet - 3.5/5
5) The Baby-Sitter II - 3.5/5
6) The Cheerleader - 3.5/5
7) The Hitchhiker - 3.5/5
8) April Fools - 3.5/5
9) My Secret Admirer - 3.5/5
10) The Lifeguard - 3.5/5
11) Freeze Tag - 3/5
12) Thirteen Tales of Horror - 3/5
13) The Accident - 3/5
14) Funhouse - 3/5
15) The Window - 3/5
16) The Invitation - 2.5/5
17) The Train - 2.5/5
18) The Waitress - 2.5/5
19) The Snowman - 2.5/5
20) The Mall - 2.5/5
21) The Boyfriend - 2/5
22) The Cemetery - 2/5
23) Mother's Helper - 2/5
24) The Baby-Sitter - 1.5/5
25) Hit and Run - 1.5/5
26) The Return of the Vampire - 1/5
27) Beach Party - 1/5
But I actually didn't mind The Window. I loved the ski resort setting, and although I usually gripe when Point Horror books quickly introduce a lot of characters, I felt that Carol Ellis did a good job with depicting their different personalities, and it wasn't long before I could easily differentiate who was who. I also quite liked the protagonist, Jody - she never seemed to do anything too silly and was surprisingly sensible.
So far the only other Point Horror contributions I've read by Carol Ellis have been My Secret Admirer and her short story in Thirteen Tales of Horror . She's a solid writer but I'm keen to see if her future Point Horror entries delve more into the horror, as I'd characterise her efforts so far as thrillers more than anything else. The Window is a fine Point Horror book, but beyond the setting I don't think there's anything that will prove to be particularly memorable about this.
3/5
Point Horror Ranked
1) The Girlfriend - 4/5
2) Trick or Treat - 3.5/5
3) Fatal Secrets - 3.5/5
4) Teacher's Pet - 3.5/5
5) The Baby-Sitter II - 3.5/5
6) The Cheerleader - 3.5/5
7) The Hitchhiker - 3.5/5
8) April Fools - 3.5/5
9) My Secret Admirer - 3.5/5
10) The Lifeguard - 3.5/5
11) Freeze Tag - 3/5
12) Thirteen Tales of Horror - 3/5
13) The Accident - 3/5
14) Funhouse - 3/5
15) The Window - 3/5
16) The Invitation - 2.5/5
17) The Train - 2.5/5
18) The Waitress - 2.5/5
19) The Snowman - 2.5/5
20) The Mall - 2.5/5
21) The Boyfriend - 2/5
22) The Cemetery - 2/5
23) Mother's Helper - 2/5
24) The Baby-Sitter - 1.5/5
25) Hit and Run - 1.5/5
26) The Return of the Vampire - 1/5
27) Beach Party - 1/5
January 27, 2026
mmm what can I say about this point horror. I read this as part of a book club on Instagram check it out @talesofpointhorrorbookclub and rate them against other PHs.
This one was ok, a bit slow and not a lot going on. Also none of the characters were likeable!
This one was ok, a bit slow and not a lot going on. Also none of the characters were likeable!
February 28, 2021
This was an interesting re-read. I remember reading this one a fair bit when I was young and I was sure I would breeze through it in just a couple of days but it nearly took me a whole month of dipping in and out!
It's a well-done take on Rear Window, with a snowy ski-lodge and bunch of teenagers, plus an actual crime! A proper whodunnit which is well plotted.
The main character, Jody, is observant and can put two and two together pretty consistently but...on rereading I found that I didn't really like her much because she was a bit of a kill-joy. None of the characters were very likeable in fact, which makes sense because you needed to wonder which one was the culprit and see that they all had motives, but it would have been nice to have some relief from the bitchiness, if only from Kate, Jody's friend who couldn't make it to the ski resort. (Also, general sexist toxic attitudes towards the victim, eek! Oh Drew, how disappointing you got dumped - seriously, get over it.)
It was well executed though. I'm wondering what I'll think of some of Carol Ellis's other Point Horror's when I reread those too, as Camp Fear was definitely one of my favourites back in the day!
It's a well-done take on Rear Window, with a snowy ski-lodge and bunch of teenagers, plus an actual crime! A proper whodunnit which is well plotted.
The main character, Jody, is observant and can put two and two together pretty consistently but...on rereading I found that I didn't really like her much because she was a bit of a kill-joy. None of the characters were very likeable in fact, which makes sense because you needed to wonder which one was the culprit and see that they all had motives, but it would have been nice to have some relief from the bitchiness, if only from Kate, Jody's friend who couldn't make it to the ski resort. (Also, general sexist toxic attitudes towards the victim, eek! Oh Drew, how disappointing you got dumped - seriously, get over it.)
It was well executed though. I'm wondering what I'll think of some of Carol Ellis's other Point Horror's when I reread those too, as Camp Fear was definitely one of my favourites back in the day!
January 13, 2026
She shouldn’t have been so bloody nosy!
January 9, 2026
I love reading point horror from a nostalgia point of view but they are very hit and miss. Some are very much a product of their time and some are quite cringe but there are some, like this one, that I genuinely enjoy as an adult. Both carol Ellis books I’ve revisited have been a good time and I think it’s mainly because the female Mc is relateable. She reacts in a normal way to these situations and her thought process is entirely logical. Great first point horror book of the year especially with it being set at a ski resort so snowy setting
November 6, 2019
Jody goes on a weekend getaway at a ski resort with a group of strangers. Her best friend Kate is unable to make it, but she encourages Jody to go along anyway because she doesn't want her to miss out on the most incredible ski resort out there.
There were two issues I had with the story. One, nothing suspenseful or mysterious happens until halfway through the book. Ellis takes too long focusing on this group of strangers without giving us any intriguing details about them. Two, everybody hates popular girl Leahna with such vicious hatred that it is concerning and not well justified.
Aside from those two issues, the story functions quite well once the mystery begins. Jody is certainly the most likeable character given that she is untainted by this closeknit group of friends and their prejudice against Leahna. Also admirable is how she persists spying through the window of Leahna's cabin once she sees her involved in an altercation with an unknown visitor. Despite the vivid hate that the rest of the group has for her, namely because she discards boys' feeling so easily, Jody decides for herself that Leahna is worth looking out for, especially after she gets Jody help when she sprains her ankle and is thereafter bedridden for the rest of the trip.
A bit of a Hitchcockian "Rear Window" appeal, the story brings about a good complex energy. We get to be with Jody through what quickly becomes an uncertain few days holed up in a snowbound weekend with an injured ankle. Staying with a bunch of strangers doesn't help, and they all seem suspicious in one way or another when it comes to their candid emotions toward Leahna, who we actually never really meet. The most we get to see is a peripheral view of her when she comes to Jody's aid and then a filtered look through her dark room. This leaves her character both literally and metaphorically in the shadows and makes uncovering her murder that much more fascinating.
The sounds and sights that Jody is exposed to while all alone in the cabin (as the others go out) are enough to keep you on edge and suck you into a tangled web of mystery.
Lots of red herrings are thrown in and guessing the culprit is virtually impossible in this YA thriller.
There were two issues I had with the story. One, nothing suspenseful or mysterious happens until halfway through the book. Ellis takes too long focusing on this group of strangers without giving us any intriguing details about them. Two, everybody hates popular girl Leahna with such vicious hatred that it is concerning and not well justified.
Aside from those two issues, the story functions quite well once the mystery begins. Jody is certainly the most likeable character given that she is untainted by this closeknit group of friends and their prejudice against Leahna. Also admirable is how she persists spying through the window of Leahna's cabin once she sees her involved in an altercation with an unknown visitor. Despite the vivid hate that the rest of the group has for her, namely because she discards boys' feeling so easily, Jody decides for herself that Leahna is worth looking out for, especially after she gets Jody help when she sprains her ankle and is thereafter bedridden for the rest of the trip.
A bit of a Hitchcockian "Rear Window" appeal, the story brings about a good complex energy. We get to be with Jody through what quickly becomes an uncertain few days holed up in a snowbound weekend with an injured ankle. Staying with a bunch of strangers doesn't help, and they all seem suspicious in one way or another when it comes to their candid emotions toward Leahna, who we actually never really meet. The most we get to see is a peripheral view of her when she comes to Jody's aid and then a filtered look through her dark room. This leaves her character both literally and metaphorically in the shadows and makes uncovering her murder that much more fascinating.
The sounds and sights that Jody is exposed to while all alone in the cabin (as the others go out) are enough to keep you on edge and suck you into a tangled web of mystery.
Lots of red herrings are thrown in and guessing the culprit is virtually impossible in this YA thriller.
February 11, 2022
I am beginning to think that there isn't anything written by Carol Ellis that I wouldn't enjoy reading.
So of course it starts with a bunch of teenagers going up to a lodge to do some skiing. Jody is a stranger among the group even though her best friend Kate set the trip up but she got sick and we set up Jody as a character who observes silently and gets to know the others by how they look and act...I can relate to that.
There's handsome Drew, quiet Ellen, punky blonde chick Chris, silly Billy and the twins, Cal and his sister Sasha. They have some fun in the snow and get to know one another but there is some tension and it seems most of it has to do with Leahna Calder, a girl we get few glimpses of but what we gather is that she is a rich, haughty blonde who goes through boys like Kleenex and has a history with both Cal and Drew.
Things become even more tenuous when Jody ends up spraining her ankle on the slopes and her boredom gets the best of her. She basically becomes a teenage, female Jimmy Stewart in "Rear Window" when she spots Leahna's cabin next door through the titular window.
A tussle one night leads to another but this time...Jody sees blood splattered on the wall, a figure dragging a trash bag in the snow. Jody's just imagining things, cabin fever getting her imagination at work...she didn't really see Leahna Calder being murdered, did she?
In an answer, yes Jody did and it's one of the people she's staying with. We get plenty of suspects with plenty of motives to want Leahna dead and the tension builds nicely up to the the reveal. When the climax is over, we get a kind of bittersweet, melancholy ending.
If you haven't read The Window by Carol Elli, I highly recommend it.
So of course it starts with a bunch of teenagers going up to a lodge to do some skiing. Jody is a stranger among the group even though her best friend Kate set the trip up but she got sick and we set up Jody as a character who observes silently and gets to know the others by how they look and act...I can relate to that.
There's handsome Drew, quiet Ellen, punky blonde chick Chris, silly Billy and the twins, Cal and his sister Sasha. They have some fun in the snow and get to know one another but there is some tension and it seems most of it has to do with Leahna Calder, a girl we get few glimpses of but what we gather is that she is a rich, haughty blonde who goes through boys like Kleenex and has a history with both Cal and Drew.
Things become even more tenuous when Jody ends up spraining her ankle on the slopes and her boredom gets the best of her. She basically becomes a teenage, female Jimmy Stewart in "Rear Window" when she spots Leahna's cabin next door through the titular window.
A tussle one night leads to another but this time...Jody sees blood splattered on the wall, a figure dragging a trash bag in the snow. Jody's just imagining things, cabin fever getting her imagination at work...she didn't really see Leahna Calder being murdered, did she?
In an answer, yes Jody did and it's one of the people she's staying with. We get plenty of suspects with plenty of motives to want Leahna dead and the tension builds nicely up to the the reveal. When the climax is over, we get a kind of bittersweet, melancholy ending.
If you haven't read The Window by Carol Elli, I highly recommend it.
September 5, 2019
I'm a huge fan of Rear Window, and guessed this was a teen horror version of that story. I went in expecting to hate it (let's face it nothing is ever going to top Rear Window), but was rather surprised to find I really enjoyed it.
The protagonist is actually a nice person with a level head on her shoulders. This is almost unheard of in the Point Horror universe. There are a lot of characters, I mean you get blasted with eight on them on the first two pages, so it took me a while to get them all figured out. It's a bit of a teen angst fest, with everybody fancying everybody else and being mad when other people fancy the people that they fancy.... yeah it's convoluted. The basic plot runs like an Agatha Christi who-dunnit with all the suspects in the same location and each one is set up to possibly be the killer. It did a little in the last quarter, and my two guesses of who-dunnit were wrong which was pleasing as the killer made sense... I guess in a wishy washy way.
This is one of the better Point Horror books. Worth a read!
The protagonist is actually a nice person with a level head on her shoulders. This is almost unheard of in the Point Horror universe. There are a lot of characters, I mean you get blasted with eight on them on the first two pages, so it took me a while to get them all figured out. It's a bit of a teen angst fest, with everybody fancying everybody else and being mad when other people fancy the people that they fancy.... yeah it's convoluted. The basic plot runs like an Agatha Christi who-dunnit with all the suspects in the same location and each one is set up to possibly be the killer. It did a little in the last quarter, and my two guesses of who-dunnit were wrong which was pleasing as the killer made sense... I guess in a wishy washy way.
This is one of the better Point Horror books. Worth a read!
October 6, 2019
This was hands down one of the best point horror books I’ve read so far! Even the beginning when not much was happening I still found it interesting. the characters were enjoyable and not completely bland. The suspense was amazing, I was guessing who the visitor was the entire time I didn’t even think it was who it ended up being. It almost plays out like a Psychological thriller which I like. A much better written story then some of the point horror books I’ve read lately. Definitely recommend.
February 24, 2019
Classic point horror thriller.
Good points:
- Everyone is a suspect and honestly the ending could have been any of them and would have been equally satisfying
- Suspense was developed well
Bad points:
- The villainous monologue at the end came from nowhere and it was all wrapped up too quick
- the main character Jody was really wet at the end and didn't do anything really. I Was expecting more of a showdown, maybe even a fight in the snow
Good points:
- Everyone is a suspect and honestly the ending could have been any of them and would have been equally satisfying
- Suspense was developed well
Bad points:
- The villainous monologue at the end came from nowhere and it was all wrapped up too quick
- the main character Jody was really wet at the end and didn't do anything really. I Was expecting more of a showdown, maybe even a fight in the snow
October 26, 2016
I loved, loved, loved this when I was a tweenager. After I read it, I got all the adults in my family to read it as well! None of them picked the killer. Carol Ellis gave everybody a motive for murder, so it was totally a guessing game! I also liked how Leahna got to show her humane side through Jody's eyes.
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