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4.0
The Diary is the fourth book in The Power series following teenage psychic McKenzie Gold. In this installment she is dealing with the death of her friend Kate who died by suicide. While Mack tries to find out what exactly happened and why, she begins to feel that Kate is trying to tell her something.
This was another great read in The Power series. I really like Mack as a character and her friendship with her best friend Lilicat feels genuine and believable. This story tackles some difficult subject matter like death, suicide and mental health and I feel that although some of it came across a little dated (it is almost thirty years old!) overall it handled these topics well. It's a quick and engaging read and it manages to balance out the dark subject matter with some fun elements too.
Interestingly, I think this book was originally intended to be book one of the series! In books one, two and three it feels like Mack's psychic powers are already established whereas in book four this element is only just being set up. Also, (and making it more obviously out of order) in books one, two and three Mack's boyfriend Aidan is one of the main characters but she doesn't actually 'meet' him until book four! Perhaps the suicide content felt a bit too dark for the first book of a series and they switched the order around? Anyway, I thought that was quite interesting!
This was another great read in The Power series. I really like Mack as a character and her friendship with her best friend Lilicat feels genuine and believable. This story tackles some difficult subject matter like death, suicide and mental health and I feel that although some of it came across a little dated (it is almost thirty years old!) overall it handled these topics well. It's a quick and engaging read and it manages to balance out the dark subject matter with some fun elements too.
Interestingly, I think this book was originally intended to be book one of the series! In books one, two and three it feels like Mack's psychic powers are already established whereas in book four this element is only just being set up. Also, (and making it more obviously out of order) in books one, two and three Mack's boyfriend Aidan is one of the main characters but she doesn't actually 'meet' him until book four! Perhaps the suicide content felt a bit too dark for the first book of a series and they switched the order around? Anyway, I thought that was quite interesting!
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