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Summary: Nice and fun.
Review: "Hangman's Curse" and "Nightmare Academy" are entertaining and easy reads. If you've been doing heavy research or reading this is a good switch. Light, and fun, I enjoyed it after a long study program I was in.. I read both books back to back so this review will be seen under both books.I liked "The Visitation" better, but all three are worthy of your money..
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Summary: Nice and fun.
Review: "Hangman's Curse" and "Nightmare Academy" are entertaining and easy reads. If you've been doing heavy research or reading this is a good switch. Light, and fun, I enjoyed it after a long study program I was in.. I read both books back to back so this review will be seen under both books. I liked "The Visitation" better, but all three are worthy of your money..
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Summary: A Book That Will Keep You Hanging
Review: Frank Peretti is an excellent writer. All of his books keep you in suspense. This book highlights the problems of teasing and making fun of those who are different, and is helpful if you are teased. Also, if you tease others maybe this book will help you see how much it hurts.
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Summary: Delightfully creepy.
Review: Hangman's Curse is the first in a new series by Frank Peretti called The Veritas Project. The main characters are Elijah and his twin sister Elisha. They solve mysteries with the aid of their parents, Sarah and Nate. In this book, they are trying to figure out why kids have suddenly started going insane at some highschool. They collapse and start babbling nonsense words. A rumor is going around that they are being haunted by the ghost of Abel Frye, a student who supposedly hung himself a while back. Everyone suspects that a kid named Ian Snyder is behind the attacks, but there is no proof. Ian is definately wierd. He wears all black and supposedly once stuck a needle through his tongue to freak out a teacher. He also gets picked on constantly by all the athletes. Elisha and Elijah have to go undercover in the highschool and try to figure out what's going on. Elijah gets in a hilarious conversation with his teacher over morals. The teacher says that there isn't such a thing as right or wrong. People should be allowed to decide for themselves. Elijah then asks if that statement is right or wrong. Surprisingly enough, he is supported in his arguements by no other than Ian Snyder. Elisha makes friends with a lot of people, including a nerd called Norman who was also picked on by the same guys who picked on Ian and are now insane. The plot takes an interesting turn when someone nice is goes insane, and then dies within 24 hours. The ending made my skin crawl, it was so creepy. Still, I absolutely love this book and would recommend it to anyone above the age of 11.
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Summary: Hangman's Curse
Review: How are some students dying at Baker High School? In Hangman's Curse the Springfield's work to solve the mystery. The undercover investigating team consists of Nate, his wife Sara, and their twins Elisha and Elijah. The code name for their efforts is Veritas (Latin word for truth). They work to investigate mysteries, crimes and strange occurrences. They look beyond the facts to find the truth behind all the problems.
The Springfield family is hired to work undercover at Baker High School. The school has had some students come down with an unexplained illness, leaving them hallucinating and mumbling "Abel Frye". Elisha and Elijah go into the school and become friends with as many people as they can. They discover the tension between different cliques at the school. Many students are treated as outcasts and would like revenge on their tormentors. Are these students the cause of the weird occurrences?
This book reveals what really goes on in schools and the need to fit in. You won't want to put this book down! I would highly recommend this book to all readers and especially to high school students.
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Summary: Too religious...but a good story/plot
Review: I bought this book at a local supermarket, so I had no idea what the reviews were. The back cover text really interested me. Overall, I really enjoyed the story. Peretti is a good author for the most part. (There could be some minor improvements)
The thing that urked me the most was the Christian viewpoints and stereotypes. If I'd known it was a Christian book I never would have bought it, but by the time I found out, I was into the plot and hated to quit.
Witches are portrayed in a very disrespectful manner. The characters are constantly talking about praying and asking for guidance. As other reviewers said, it would have been nice to at least see other religions in it, but as I now know, this is a Christian book, and it can only be expected. The author even went so far as to mention in one chapter that a character didn't have a husband, and how this didn't help matters any. He mentions that the character smells of cigarettes and alcohol, and how run down she looked, as if all single mothers are alcoholics and the only way to lead a good life is to have a husband. Ha.
If you're looking for a good Chrisitan book, this is it. If you want to read a good thriller/mystery and could careless about religious undertones, then pick this one up. It's a good read, but not for everyone.
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Summary: An Incredible Book!!
Review: I started this book this morning not knowing weather or not I would like it and I finished it a few hours later. This book was excellent. I have read other books by Peretti but so far this is the best I think. This book had a great plot based on a family team working secretly for the government to investigate strange occurances. I especially enjoyed that much of the book was set in a high school and many of the more important characters were other teenagers who's experiences I enjoyed reading about. This is the first in the series and I look forward to any other he will wright. I hope he has more teenagers in his next books too, and deals with important topics that affect some as he did in this book. I hope he writes many more soon! This was a great book!
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Summary: Morals Meet Mystery
Review: I was glad to see this book because I was a big fan of "The Cooper Kids Adventures" --at least when Peretti had written the first 4. I've tried to read the second set of Cooper Kids Adventures & I think I'm just too old now. :) But Hangman's Curse succeeds in that respect: it's readable for anyone over the age of 13. I happen to agree with "opheliainlove", though: some characters feel way too typical (dare I say, Disney-ized?) But the dialogue btn Elisha and Elijah and their teachers is definitely worth the read. For those of us who remember evolution is *theory* and not *fact*, it's good to hear the kids debate philosophy with philosophy and science with science. However, I don't agree with opheliainlove that this should be shelved with Christian fiction, because that means opheliainlove has just missed one of the main points of the book. Kudos to Mr. Peretti on a well-written, exciting adventure!
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Summary: Get ready for the truth (and plenty of suspense)
Review: If the glow-in-the dark cover doesn't grab you, the suspense will. Even from the start it's creepy: Jim Boltz, star quarterback for Baker High School suddenly freaking out on the playing field. Bizarre hex signs scratched on the lockers of other jocks gone crazy. And the legendary Abel Frye, the ghost of a guy who killed himself in the 30's, the whispered cause of it all. In Peretti's masterful style you'll follow the mysterious Veritas project, a family investigative team, as they attempt to unravel the secrets surrounding the strange Baker High events. Undercover, they dig for the truth as to why three jocks have become completely disabled, strapped to hospital beds in different stages of coma muttering odd syllables and "Abel Frye". Things only get uglier as more students are struck with the crippling disease, and when someone dies it becomes a race against time for the team to save the lives of the rest of the students and themselves. If you've ever been bullied for being different, felt like you don't fit in, or are simply thirsty for a spine-tingling mystery, this book is for you. With tantalizing clues (and some strange creatures) scattered throughout, it'll keep you page turning into the wee hours. And trust me, you'll never guess the ending.
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Summary: Frank Peretti's Hangman's Curse
Review: If you like drama, suspense, and thrillers, Frank Peretti's Hangman's Curse is the book for you. This is one of the best books I have ever read. The book is extremely easy to read and is extremely intense and filled with suspense. There was never a dull moment and I was kept on the edge of my seat the whole time. The Hangman's Curse has a great story line, even better characters, and deals with the important issues of today. I really enjoyed the book and recommend it to anyone.
The Hangman's Curse is based in a high school setting dealing with one of today's hottest issues. The book begins with three popular athletes lying in the hospital and suffering from comas. They are strangely paranoid, and it is obvious that they are having extreme hallucinations. They all have one main thing in common: they all are saying that Abel Fry is the cause of their weird illness. Abel Fry is a rumored curse that haunts Baker High School and has been around ever since a student hung himself in the "forbidden hallway" back in the 1930's. After striking the first three victims, this curse begins to rapidly spread through the school, taking out students one by one. The school calls on the Springfield family to investigate this mysterious curse. After several deaths, a series of close encounters, endless twists and turns, and weeks of investigation, the Springfield team finally uncovers the truth behind this "curse" and they quickly put an end to Abel Fry and his crawling assistants.
I'm not much of a reader. In fact I have maybe only read two complete books in my life, so, needless to say, when I started reading this book, I had my doubts. However, it actually ended being the best book I have read. Since it is written in a high school setting, I was extremely interested, considering I am a high school student. This was the type of book that I really got pulled into because of all of the drama and suspense. There was never a time while reading that I wasn't on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to take place next. One of the only complaints I have about this book is the author's use of transitions. Within a chapter, it would switch from scene to scene several times, leaving me question what was going on and where it was taking place. This reminded me of how a movie is set up. This book would make a great movie and the transitions would work well in one, but it did not work very well in the book. Other than the setting confusion, I really enjoyed the book and found it to be extremely easy reading.
In the beginning of Hangman's Curse, the story line seems slightly farfetched and unbelievable. But once I was finished reading the entire book and got through all the twists in the story, it was actually easily believable. Peretti chose some great characters and they were developed in a very well-done manner. The first forty or so pages were nothing but discussing the characters and giving the reader a good grasp of who they were and what their motives were. These forty pages were the least of interest, but they really made the rest of the story easier to read. What I loved most about the story was the plot and the moral that it had. The basic plot dealt with bullying and school violence. Many students in Baker High School were being beat up and abused right under the teachers' noses but nothing was ever done until the "curse" struck. This occurs in many students, and this book teaches that something needs to be done about it. This book is also from a Christian perspective and it also deals a lot with God and how everyone is equal in his eyes. I really enjoyed this story because of the plot and characters and I actually learned so much by reading this intense book.
I would recommend The Hangman's Curse to anyone who can read. I think that it would interest the young as well as the old, and the christians as well as the non-christians. I would especially recommend this book to high school students. It really puts into perspective the way students are being treated and I believe that by reading this book, a person would think twice before bullying someone else. Even though the story got slightly confusing because of transitions, it is a really interesting and easy to read book that is full of suspense, twists, and so much drama. I honestly feel that anyone who reads this book will enjoy it as much as I have.
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