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Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams

aimeebrand's review against another edition

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2.0

Didn't finish the book. I was very bored by it. Not a fan of the writing, it seemed choppy and vague much of the time. I realize it's a YA book and I find a lot of YA books that I like, but this one couldn't keep me interested enough to finish.

sparklethenpop's review against another edition

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3.0

I originally picked up this book as an option for my teen book club but the further I got into it, I wasn't sure if they would like it, but I wanted to know how it ended. It was okay but it dragged on a little in places. Of course mysteries tend to do that, which is why I don't always like them.

allysonbogie's review against another edition

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5.0

Suspenseful and entertaining mystery, and popular with middle schoolers.

saraa_t's review against another edition

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4.0

Down the Rabbit Hole is a fun middle grade read that I adored as a middle schooler. It was one of my county's Battle of the Book picks when I was in eighth grade, and I recently rediscovered it (via an awful picture of me posing with the book as a 14-year-old).

Protagonist Ingrid is fun, spunky, and impossible not to love. She inadvertently leaves evidence — red soccer cleats — at the scene of a crime (a place where she wasn't supposed to be in the first place) and spends the novel following in her hero Sherlock Holmes' footsteps in order to get her shoes back and solve the mystery at the same time.

A great read for middle schoolers and those looking to wax nostalgic about their own youth.

lainiecat's review against another edition

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4.0

a adolescent classic whose target audience is me and croepke specifically... but everyone else read this too please I wanna talk about it

aoosterwyk's review against another edition

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5.0

Yahoo!! What a clever book. I found it to be suspenseful, funny and really well written. I listened to this one and the reader was top notch. Her voice was very believable as Ingrid and a pleasure to listen to. I will be reading them all.

izzy1026's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

meghan111's review against another edition

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3.0

Ingrid is in junior high and loves Sherlock Holmes. When a person in her neighborhood dies under mysterious circumstances, she uses her powers of observation to try to solve the mystery. The reader is usually a little ahead of Ingrid in figuring out the truth.

stacyschuttler's review against another edition

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3.0

Slow start...I almost gave it up. I am not a big fan of mysteries and I did figure out the ending before it was done, but the characters did grow on me and I might even read the next one!

sqeeker's review against another edition

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3.0

- The very first paragraph made me laugh.

- Ingrid makes all kinds of dumb decisions!! She is the perfect example of the lying trap. She had to tell lies to cover her other lies.

- Grampy makes me laugh. He reminds me of my Grandpa Furr.

- There were things in the book that I thought didn't really add or do anything for the story. It was just fluff. For example: Grampy's property struggle. The fact that the Ferrands wanted to buy his land and he didn't want to sell wasn't really important.

- The overall book moved a little too slow for me, but it had its moments. The ending is pretty good. I knew who the culprit was, but I just didn't know exactly how he did it! I like how all the pieces came together.

- I was hoping for more Alice in Wonderland references and parallels. There were a few I guess...I just wanted more.