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Hora Morta
(The Murder Notebooks #1)
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Durante três anos, Rose Smith, viveu feliz ao lado da mãe, Kathy, e do padrasto, Brendan, e de Joshua, filho de Brendan. Tudo mudou quando, uma noite, os policiais Kathy e Brendan saíram para um jantar a dois e desapareceram, deixando os filhos adolescentes para trás. Enquanto Rose passou a morar em Londres com a avó materna, Anna, que ele sequer conhecia, Joshua foi manda
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Paperback, Brazilian Portuguese, 320 pages
Published
May 15th 2014
by Rocco
(first published January 1st 2012)
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I don't get it. I just spent the last couple of hours reading this book, and by the end, i don't feel like I got anywhere. I didn't get any further with the mystery behind Rose's mom and Joshua's dad, and I didn't get any further with Rose and Joshua. And the police will probably never get any further with Henry's murder. At least the other murder was solved.
I wasn't particularly crazy about the characters in this book. I couldn't sympathize with Rose at all. She purposely made herself a recluse ...more
I wasn't particularly crazy about the characters in this book. I couldn't sympathize with Rose at all. She purposely made herself a recluse ...more
Loved this book! I seriously could not put it down! It was so thrilling and it had so many twists too it, it was like nothing I have read before.
I'm usually the type of girl to go for a romance book with a lot of lovey dovey stuff, so I thought I wouldn't like this book. I was so wrong!
This book taught me that I can actually read a book without all the "romance this, romance that" stuff in it. Even though it did have hints to there being a romance (god, how many times have I used the word 'roman ...more
I'm usually the type of girl to go for a romance book with a lot of lovey dovey stuff, so I thought I wouldn't like this book. I was so wrong!
This book taught me that I can actually read a book without all the "romance this, romance that" stuff in it. Even though it did have hints to there being a romance (god, how many times have I used the word 'roman ...more
VERDICT: 3.4 YA stars, or 2.8 Adult stars
PROS:
++ Set in the U.K.
++ Murders and multiple suspects
++ Imperfect but mostly likeable protagonist, with poor people skills
++ Mostly family-safe; no sex or flagrant cursing. Just some (view spoiler)
CONS:
-- TSTL*: Teens doing dumb things or putting themselves in serious risk
-- Incompetent police (why can't we have GOOD/SMART PoPo for once?)
-- Not super-realistic; in real life, protagonists would probably be de ...more
PROS:
++ Set in the U.K.
++ Murders and multiple suspects
++ Imperfect but mostly likeable protagonist, with poor people skills
++ Mostly family-safe; no sex or flagrant cursing. Just some (view spoiler)
CONS:
-- TSTL*: Teens doing dumb things or putting themselves in serious risk
-- Incompetent police (why can't we have GOOD/SMART PoPo for once?)
-- Not super-realistic; in real life, protagonists would probably be de ...more
So I saw this book in Waterstones and thought it sounded pretty good. I found it in the library a few days later and decided to give it a go.
The book was slow going at first. I found the writing to be a little flat. With that in mind I still found that I wanted to read on. Towards the middle it started to get more interesting. I was intrigued as to who the murderer was but was not expecting the answer to come so late in the book. It seemed like they were taking forever to get to the point.
The s ...more
The book was slow going at first. I found the writing to be a little flat. With that in mind I still found that I wanted to read on. Towards the middle it started to get more interesting. I was intrigued as to who the murderer was but was not expecting the answer to come so late in the book. It seemed like they were taking forever to get to the point.
The s ...more
I received an E-ARC of this via Netgalley. It sounded really interesting, so I picked it up to read. I get about 1/3 of the way through and have ZERO idea what the main plot line is. Oh, this person gets murdered, oh, my parents are missing, oh, he is my kind of step-brother who I haven't seen in 5 years, oh, this is my grandmother who I never knew. Please tell me where this story goes.
Maybe I would have finished it, if that were the only problem. But the writing is just poor. The dialogue betwe ...more
Maybe I would have finished it, if that were the only problem. But the writing is just poor. The dialogue betwe ...more
Actual rating: more like 2.5 stars. In other words, the sort of book that I never, at any point, thought particularly good, but .. it was readable, enough so that I finished it in a day and a half which is - considering how much effort reading books has been for me this year - pretty good evidence for me obviously caring enough to want to know what would happen next.
That said... the writing felt rather pedestrian (not that I want high-flying literary language, but it felt rather... too simplisti ...more
That said... the writing felt rather pedestrian (not that I want high-flying literary language, but it felt rather... too simplisti ...more
Trigger warnings: murder, loss of a parent
So here's the thing: the blurb of this sounded GREAT. Parents go missing, five years later the stepsiblings reconnect after one of them finds a body, and they decide to look into the disappearance of their parents, leading them to find a notebook about murdery things.
Instead what happens is that the book starts in the present day, and the information about the parents disappearing is trickled out through the course of the story. And yes, Rose DOES find ...more
So here's the thing: the blurb of this sounded GREAT. Parents go missing, five years later the stepsiblings reconnect after one of them finds a body, and they decide to look into the disappearance of their parents, leading them to find a notebook about murdery things.
Instead what happens is that the book starts in the present day, and the information about the parents disappearing is trickled out through the course of the story. And yes, Rose DOES find ...more
I really liked this book. I accidentally read its sequel, Killing Rachel, so had to come back to read this one and was not disappointed. Really enjoyed the whole book and it was exciting and thrilling the whole way through. I look forward to reading its sequels and seeing what happens next. Make sure you get more than one at once because you want to read the next one right after!
Anne Cassidy's Dead Time has been an odd sort of beast for me to review. I had a lot of different problems with it -- a few were a matter of taste, some are writing-style, others are problems with plot...suffice it to say they are many and varied. However, I read it ages ago and still occasionally think about the mystery and what is going to come next. Obviously, it wasn't all bad. Since I've been struggled for so long with this review, I'm going to do it in lists:
The Bad:
- I get that the book i ...more
The Bad:
- I get that the book i ...more
Apr 29, 2012
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Book One of a new young adult mystery series, Dead Time is set in London featuring common law step siblings Rose and Joshua. Five years ago, Rose's mother and Josh's went out to dinner and never returned. Separated, Rose and Joshua have had little contact in that time but now Josh is in London attending university where Rose lives with her grandmother and attends college but renewing their relationship is proving complicated. While Rose accepted the official explanation for her mothers death, Jo
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This book was another Mara Dyer for me. I read the whole thing, and at the end, I didn't feel like a single question had been answered. I know this is the start of a series, but when authors do this, it makes me not want to continue a series. The main plot didn't seem to advance at all. I felt like I ran in a giant circle for a few hours. Not fun. At least answer the major question posed by the book, you know? It's frustrating, and it turns readers off. It turned this reader off, anyway. Also, t
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“Dead Time” is the first of the Murder Notebook series by Anne Cassidy. Cassidy has penned over thirty books during her career and her latest series follows two teenagers, Rose Smith and Joshua Johnson.
Twelve-year-old Rose’s mother and fourteen-year-old Joshua’s father live together happily until one night the kids’ parents go out to dinner and never come back. Nothing is heard of them again and the two are sent to live with different relatives.
Five years later, Rose and Joshua are due to meet ...more
Twelve-year-old Rose’s mother and fourteen-year-old Joshua’s father live together happily until one night the kids’ parents go out to dinner and never come back. Nothing is heard of them again and the two are sent to live with different relatives.
Five years later, Rose and Joshua are due to meet ...more
I was really excited to read this book. I thought it was going to be fantastic. Disappearing parents and a couple of murders thrown on the side. But the blurb on the back of my book described a story that NEVER happened.
I was told notebooks were going to be found that might point to Rose and Joshua (step-siblings desperate to find their missing parents) stumbling on a secret disappearance that could put their lives in danger. Well, the only danger I saw to their lives was that Rose was an idiot ...more
I was told notebooks were going to be found that might point to Rose and Joshua (step-siblings desperate to find their missing parents) stumbling on a secret disappearance that could put their lives in danger. Well, the only danger I saw to their lives was that Rose was an idiot ...more
Review by Madison
Rose is a witness to a brutal attack on one of her classmates and is unwillingly dragged into the whole messy business. the attack coincides with a visit from Joshua who Rose hadn't seen for 5 years. The 5 years since their parents went missing. Rose finds herself wondering if the recent events are some how connected to Joshua's investigation into the disappearance of their parents.
When Rose is witness to another attack; she quickly realises that she has to take action to end i ...more
Rose is a witness to a brutal attack on one of her classmates and is unwillingly dragged into the whole messy business. the attack coincides with a visit from Joshua who Rose hadn't seen for 5 years. The 5 years since their parents went missing. Rose finds herself wondering if the recent events are some how connected to Joshua's investigation into the disappearance of their parents.
When Rose is witness to another attack; she quickly realises that she has to take action to end i ...more
Score: 3/5 stars
Mum picked this book off the new arrival shelves in the public library and I finally got around to read it today.
Premise is interesting but writing was a bit flat. With such a premise, by right, I should be kept right on the edge of the seat, wanting to know what will happen next but I didn't feel the strong urge to do so as I do for some other books.
That being said, it was still interesting enough for me to keep reading. Clearly first book of The Murder Notebooks series, this bo ...more
Mum picked this book off the new arrival shelves in the public library and I finally got around to read it today.
Premise is interesting but writing was a bit flat. With such a premise, by right, I should be kept right on the edge of the seat, wanting to know what will happen next but I didn't feel the strong urge to do so as I do for some other books.
That being said, it was still interesting enough for me to keep reading. Clearly first book of The Murder Notebooks series, this bo ...more
As a librarian, the most-requested genre in my young adult collection is mystery. My patrons love it and can't get enough. So I jumped at the chance to read this one. Set in modern London, Rose's mother and stepfather disappeared without a trace five years ago. She hasn't been quite the same since, and she hasn't seen her beloved stepbrother Joshua in all of that time, either. Finally, finally, they're going to reunite, and maybe make some sense of what happened to their parents. But before that
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This is the 1st book in The Murder Notebooks series. I can't say that I enjoyed it all that much, but the plot was very compelling.
The main character, Rose, is sent to live with her grandmother after her mother and her mom's boyfriend disappear after a dinner date. She still feels a powerful attraction to her almost-stepbrother Josh and makes efforts to connect with him again now that she's 17 and back from the boarding school her grandmother sent her to after the event.
Rose is an impulsive cha ...more
The main character, Rose, is sent to live with her grandmother after her mother and her mom's boyfriend disappear after a dinner date. She still feels a powerful attraction to her almost-stepbrother Josh and makes efforts to connect with him again now that she's 17 and back from the boarding school her grandmother sent her to after the event.
Rose is an impulsive cha ...more
Dead time is a great, but sad book. It follows a girl, Rose, who has gone through more in her 17 years, than most people have to go through in their lifetime. When Rose was 12 her mum, Kathy and Joshua's dad, Brendan, went out for dinner; they didn't return. Joshua, Brendan, Rose and Kathy had been living together before the incident, but with losing their parents Joshua and Rose lost each other too, that is until 5 years later. Joshua and Rose had been emailing each other for 6 months before th
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When Rose was twelve, her mother and stepfather went out for dinner and never came back. Now seventeen, she lives with her grandmother and goes to school in London. She’s always wondered about her stepbrother, Joshua, whom she left behind. When Rose and Joshua meet again a few years later, she learns that Joshua has been searching for information regarding their parent’s disappearance. Rose is uncomfortable with this – wanting to believe what the police told her and the pain to stay away. But wh
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Anne Cassidy succeeds with me again :) This is a book I took my time with because I was into it the entire time. I never got bored with it. Each time I came back to read more, it always got more and more interesting. I liked finding out more of the bits and pieces of the mystery as it unfolded. A good way to spend time and a great distracter from your worries in life.
There are basically two stories going on in here (and it takes a while to find out how they’re connected): one, one of Rose’s clas ...more
There are basically two stories going on in here (and it takes a while to find out how they’re connected): one, one of Rose’s clas ...more
Cassidys Dead Time is a Heart Stopping Story
If your parents suddenly disappeared and you had no idea where they went would you go out and look for them or would you try to put it behind you and accept that their dead? Your mom and dad give you the support and love that you need without them who knows where you would be. In Cassidy's fictional novel, Dead Time, she shows us how important it is to never give up on the people we love.
The book starts out with rose at her grandmother's house. Rose, ...more
If your parents suddenly disappeared and you had no idea where they went would you go out and look for them or would you try to put it behind you and accept that their dead? Your mom and dad give you the support and love that you need without them who knows where you would be. In Cassidy's fictional novel, Dead Time, she shows us how important it is to never give up on the people we love.
The book starts out with rose at her grandmother's house. Rose, ...more
Step brother and sister, Rose and Josh haven't seen each other since they were split up and sent away to real living blood relatives and not just being in care together anymore they obviously miss each other.
However as Rose witnesses a bully get stabbed and later a person linked to her again from school, she wonders just what happened to her mum whom disappeared with fellow police officer Josh's dad.
As Rose and Josh embark on finding out they won't up in Many unfortunate and dangerous situations ...more
However as Rose witnesses a bully get stabbed and later a person linked to her again from school, she wonders just what happened to her mum whom disappeared with fellow police officer Josh's dad.
As Rose and Josh embark on finding out they won't up in Many unfortunate and dangerous situations ...more
I confess, I haven't finished this book at all. It was just too awful. The writing was so poor: facts don't add up, characters don't make sense or act anywhere near realistically, and the overall writing style is abysmal. I usually plough through and speed read so I at least know what happened but I couldn't even bear to do that. What I find really sad is that this book might lead young adult readers to believe it's the best they can expect, or the standard that other books achieve, when it's cl
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My opinion about the book is that it should have more than two books so far. The author should write more books to go with them.
In the story the main character starts out with blood on her hands.
What I liked about the book is the characters friend said he could bring people back to life but I don't think he actually can. What I didn’t like was when the book started with the character having blood all over her.
What I like about my character is that she deals with things on her own if she can.
I ...more
In the story the main character starts out with blood on her hands.
What I liked about the book is the characters friend said he could bring people back to life but I don't think he actually can. What I didn’t like was when the book started with the character having blood all over her.
What I like about my character is that she deals with things on her own if she can.
I ...more
Not what I expected, it's not bad but it's an odd mixture of teen angst and murder mystery whereas I was expecting it to be more adult aimed. This is the first book in the series. I have an issue with the copy on the cover not making the order of the series clear or the age of the protagonists, sorry for making that skew my review. I'll probably read the next one as this book mostly sets up the series. I like the family dynamic aspect, esp with Rise and her grandmother.
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The most annoying thing about this book was how basic the names were like Anna, Rose, Joshua, Katherine and Emma etc. through the first half of the book i always confused the names. The english was pretty bland but i must admit the second half of the book was pretty interesting and i couldn’t put the book down. Im going to read the next book in this series and hopefully it gets better.
This book was quite good and had a fairly developed mystery plot throughout. However, some parts of the story were slow and- I felt- unnecessary. Overall, the writing style had a really good flow and I did enjoy the book.
I found this book really irritating, I'm not too sure why I stuck it out till the end. I didn't seem to gel with any of the characters and there was no real content to the book. I have the last book to read but I don't really care what happened to their parents.
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Action, mystery, and family dysfunction abound in this teen novel. There are almost too many threads to the story; however, the author solves two of the three mysteries so at least there is a sense of completion, if not total satisfaction.
Mar 31, 2020
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The first in a series called The Notebook Murders. 17 year old Rose has witnessed a murder and coincidentally been the first on the scene of a second murder. Rose takes responsibility to find the murderer.
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