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248 pages, Hardcover
First published June 11, 2013
Alright, so let's see.. I don't review much, so you won't get much from my profile, but I really like mystery. Do you? Okay, then, that's either a "yes" or a "no". If "yes", you'll probably like this book! Yay! If not, you still probably will! Now, let's move on to the actual review which is what you came here for. Bear in mind.. I am far from professional, though, let that be said! :]
Right so, it's about this girl named Abigail. Abi (although, she does not like to be called by the name "Abi") is a very stubborn, unique, but fairly lovable, main character. She is from Scotland, I suppose from Glasgow more specifically, and at the beginning, in a place for "Unloved Nobodies", as said by herself. I like that she considers herself one of those, because she really does have no one else to go to at that point. "Unloved Nobody" is a pretty creative way to put it. Now, let's move on. She was raised by a kind, hippie-druggie of a woman, not her birth mother, and in the corrupted areas of Scotland as she was raised in, apparently, if I've got that right -- I don't know much about Scotland, mind you -- but yes, she was raised in a corrupted area of drugs, cursing and theft and crimes, all that. Y'know? :) Anyway, I know I'm taking time, sorry, but let's try to get onto the point, the main plot of the story. Now, I've pretty much covered the extent of background info, would you suppose?
So Abigail was stuck in this place for Unloved Nobodies, when she was alerted that her mum, her biological mum, who supposedly had gone crazy and put in a mental home, had passed away. Naturally, she came to visit the hospital, and was awaited by something her mother wanted her to have. Tickets to America, along with money.. and some surprising information. I will have spoiled this for you if you keep reading, but I'm not saying it now, so follow along well, and pay attention if you really want to know! Now, there was this poor girl Camelia, or Camilia or something, whom she felt sorry for, as a horrid man was going to take advantage of her, and so she sent Camelia back with some money and help, to where she came from. (I believe?) And, with a fake passport of some other woman, made by the horrid man, Billy, she was sent to America, where she had some trouble. Anyway, her dad got her through that because her dad & her sister & family (yep, I said dad & sis..) were wealthy. Bla bla blaaa it was all normal until we, the readers, learn about the Graffiti Tease. This is an assumed rebellion by un-revealed teens, and, her sis, Becky, was one of them. Bla bla blaaa, you'll see why that was a veeery important piece of information, and then we move on to the split-second fact that Becky, voila, like that, was dead! A suicide success? A strong drug attempt gone wrong? Hmm, well, we'll see. Followed by this are some mysterious evidence-finding, by Abi, and we find out a lot of things. Hmm, and then we find out some strange things about Abi's dad? What could that be?
I guess I rate this a 4 out of 5. Just around a solid 5, maybe a 3.89.. Haha.. Yeah, and the reason why is because this novel, although well-written, was lacking a type of.. pizzazz. A type of something that just catches your attention and holds you there so you don't lose interest and get bored. Mind you, I would never get bored of a book! But other people might, and to catch attentions of constant readers, you need a bit of a cliff-hanger in the middle. What do you call that? A climax? It needs one of those. I loved it though, and personally, I didn't grow bored. I'm assuming and hoping this is the first of a series, as it did sort of leave us on a stunning cliffhanger! Yes, so this was a wonderful medium-sized for the AVERAGE reader (for me it was a bit short, not to brag, because maybe it's short for you, too, at only around what, 200 pages? Maybe 400? :p)zip-read and I really liked it, not the finest, not the best, but great enough.