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This book is a built-in negation of its own premise.
Cassandra and her fellow teens are supposed to be "naturals" at reading people and deducing clue to their behavior (eg. knowing what motivates serial killers, telling when people are lying, etc) but this only ever happens in controlled testing situations. Throughout the book they are ridiculously oblivious and naive.
The book seemed even weaker after I noticed that the author has a graduate degree in psychology -- I had been guessing that it w ...more
Cassandra and her fellow teens are supposed to be "naturals" at reading people and deducing clue to their behavior (eg. knowing what motivates serial killers, telling when people are lying, etc) but this only ever happens in controlled testing situations. Throughout the book they are ridiculously oblivious and naive.
The book seemed even weaker after I noticed that the author has a graduate degree in psychology -- I had been guessing that it w ...more
I was definitely kept on the edge of my seat. My only issue with The Naturals is probably also its strength. It is not the most realistic of thriller/mystery novels. The FBI would never be permitted to run such a program, and five teenagers would never agree to being housebound. And wouldn't they also be enrolled in school? I don't get it. A teenager reading The Naturals, however, would probably love all of this.
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This novel for high-school readers is a fast-paced mystery with some fantasy thrown in.
A little predictable, but enjoyable.
I read another review that described this as Criminal Minds fanfic with teenagers. Not untrue. I don’t usually like serial killer stories, but I like these characters and this author has an amazing ability to write action packed page turners. Once I start one of her books I have a hard time putting it down.
Very much like watching an episode of Criminal Minds about teenagers, which is kind of a guilty pleasure with a little bit of eye rolling. VERY readable.
Aug 31, 2013
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