Sleepovers

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What is clear throughout this is not only do the adults have secrets but the children do as well, and maybe what the children are hiding is much worse. I did enjoy discovering the many secrets in this read and King does throw in a couple of good red herrings to throw the reader off the scent a bit but I wanted something else. I really enjoyed The Choice, this author's debut book, when I read it a few years ago so I have been hankering to see what she would offer up next. Although not quite hitting the same heady heights for me, this was a good solid read that kept my attention throughout and left me satisfied at its end. I also think the story would have been helped by more fleshed out characters....I didn't really understand Katie's betrayal or why she stopped caring about Isobel and what happened with Craig fully. I think fleshing out those storylines would have been better early on...for us to give us something about the characters to work with. I felt by the halfway point that I didn't really know much about anyone. This book is told in first person present tense. It's a weird type of writing; one I can't really get past. I was taught in school not to write this way, so when I find a book that is, I find myself yelling in my head at the writing. I also ran across a couple proofreading errors, but they didn't really detract from the story. Everything changed that summer twenty years ago. From past to present, the monster had said that as children, no one would believe them. She was wrong. The monster had been taken way to prison. Now she was getting out. The monster was being freed, and they knew she or her son, Bill, would come after them for revenge—they were responsible for putting her behind bars.

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This devilish witch scares me. She is nasty and has two different personalities. When the mask slips, WATCH OUT. Be careful; she will PUNISH you if you DROP anything. You will pay.That one scene where she was trying to send Craig home just confirmed to me she was an awful person and as I was struggling with her anyway and all I knew about her personality was she was obsessed with her son...it did make the second half of the book a bit of a slog. I also thought the vagueness in the ending...taking forever to find out who survived etc made the story stutter. The conclusion would have worked better being more simplistic and straight forward.

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Eileen was a mother and befriends the teens, often inviting them over to her remote farmhouse, providing them with food, drinks, fun at the pond, and friendship making them feel like adults, and they loved going there. Also, her son Bill was good-looking and popular, and they looked forward to their visits. The premise had me hooked and I knew I needed to read it. It was a pretty good book, it kept me hooked trying to figure out what happened. I've noticed that Izzy "reflects" a lot. Yes, the author actually uses this word. This actually did bug me. I couldn't figure out why the author couldn't find other words to say the same thing. Set in the fictional town of Hixton in Suffolk, the author has created one of the year's most evil (monster) mothers! A remote farmhouse contains horrible secrets, cruel events, abuse, and nightmares.

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As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children’s Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children’s Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame.

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Daisy's sister Lily is non-verbal but she's learned Makaton at her new special school. She signs to Daisy that she wants a sleepover. Will family and friends somehow make Lily's party THE BEST SLEEPOVER IN THE WORLD?The characters in this are okay, although I do not think there is enough character development for them to be likeable. I did not even warm to Izzy that much and we follow her for the entire read. There are some interesting characters and dynamics in this but King does not develop them enough to really get the benefit. Again, this felt like a wasted opportunity. Where this read excels is with the atmosphere. King has done a fantastic job with creating a really chilling, unnerving atmosphere that did hook me in and have me on edge for the rest of the read. As the book progresses, King builds a sense of impending doom, we see Izzy become increasingly vulnerable and isolated until the big event towards the end of the read, which is actually not that big. I adored the atmosphere created but it felt like a waste as King really builds it up and then it did not go anywhere. I returned from Cairo to London obsessed with all things ancient and Egyptian. I learned to read hieroglyphs and began to haunt the British Museum like a very tall, notebook-wielding spectre. I discovered that the museum occasionally hosts sleepovers in its Ancient Egyptian sculpture gallery, a thrilling opportunity for children and an absolute gift to an author of adventure fiction. There was a tension throughout the story that kept me engaged- I had an idea of what might have happened and wasn't completely off base, but wasn't spot on either. The author did a good job at dropping tidbits here and there to keep the reader guessing. Pesta Menginap (Sleep-Overs) ini bercerita tentang lima gadis SD bersahabat yang secara kebetulan namanya berurut sesuai abjad.

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Thirty-five years later, the opportunity arose to visit Egypt as a jobbing author, thanks to Authors Abroad. I was invited to Cairo American College for a four-day programme of talks and creative writing workshops. Time did not allow for a trip to the Valley of the Kings in Upper Egypt, so like my ancestor the mapmaker I stayed put in Cairo and saw what I could there. I walked around the pyramids and goggled at the sphinx, my inner eight-year-old delirious with pleasure. Sleepovers a beautiful children's novel written by Jaccqueline Wilson (@jacqueline_wilson_official ) is all about friendship & birthday parties, all that a little girl would love. And why speak of little girl? I enjoyed it throughout.

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Overall the book was interesting and I am glad I read it but I wish I could have connected with the characters. This book contains disturbing content: sexual abuse of a minor, physical abuse of minors, psychological abuse of minors, death of minors, physical abuse & torment of an adult woman, murder, attempted murder and suicide of adult women**