Never Trust a Dead Man

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Summary: Enemies become Friends
Review: A Review by Sidne

Selwyn is an eighteen-year old boy struggling to prove his innocence of murder. Anora, a young woman Selwyn proposed to was devastated. She declined Selwyn's proposal and accepted Farolds (the man Selwyn was accused of murdering). Selwyn was dragged from his family and was driven into a cave with Farolds body. He was tied to a rock nearby. Just when he was sure he would die he saw a bright green glowing light. He had no idea what it was and didn't care, whether angel or ghost he just hoped it could prove his innocence.

One thing I didn't enjoy about the book, 'Never Trust a Dead Man', was that the main character, Selwyn was never descriptive. He never clearly described how he felt about the situation he was in. The only description he gave was when he was in the cave and was describing how dark and damp it was. If I could give suggestions for the book I would have to describe how Selywn thought about his family, Anora, or how he felt about being accused of murder. I did however, enjoy the humor in the book. It took a dark fantasy into a humorous mystery. It made Farolds character seem more likable instead of dark, the author turned death into humor. Another thing I liked about the book was that the author added magic. It expanded the thinking of the story and made you think about what you would do in Selwyn's situation, since he had the ability to acquire the magic.

I enjoyed the book. I thought it was a fun mystical adventure. I wouldn't recommend this book for readers that enjoy high action and surprises. This is a good book however for light readers that enjoy a good fiction.

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Summary: Now My Favorite Book
Review: I am about 2-3ds into this book. It is now my favorite book no matter what happens at the end. Poor 17-year old Selwyn is accused of murder because he loved a girl Farold loved. After Selwyn found out that the girl had chosen Farold to be her husband Farold was found dead and stabbed in the back;with Selwyn's knife! Some villigers put him to death in a place he would starve. He met a witch there and now they are trying to figure out who the REAL murderer is. GREAT BOOK!

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Summary: A fun read; A pleasure to read; Was never boring
Review: I immediately liked the characters. Some situations they were in were frightful. And other situtaions were funny. A good combination in a book. The mystery was compelling and I didn't have a clue who was the murderer. It was not distasteful, or vulgar. The witch was harmless, but of course had a bag of spells (like all witch characters do, or they wouldn't be witches)

I recommend it.

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Summary: Enemies become Friends
Review: I read the book called "Never trust a Dead Man" This book is filled with adventure and mystery. Selwyn is a teenage boy who has been accused for killing Farold. The thing is, Selwyn didn't kill him. As a punishment for Selwyn, he is put in a underground burial cave with Farold to die. But, a witch showed up that could rise Farold from the dead and do magic. Selwyn and Farold team up and try to find the real killer who killed Farold. To find the killer, Selwyn has to rely on Farold, a dead man.

This book is really exciting. I don't even like to read, and I still enjoyed this book. If you like adventure and Mystery you'll love this book.

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Summary: A book that you can't put down!
Review: I read the book called "Never trust a Dead Man" This book is filled with adventure and mystery. Selwyn is a teenage boy who has been accused for killing Farold. The thing is, Selwyn didn't kill him. As a punishment for Selwyn, he is put in a underground burial cave with Farold to die. But, a witch showed up that could rise Farold from the dead and do magic. Selwyn and Farold team up and try to find the real killer who killed Farold. To find the killer, Selwyn has to rely on Farold, a dead man.

This book is really exciting. I don't even like to read, and I still enjoyed this book. If you like adventure and Mystery you'll love this book.

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Summary: Her best book yet! A must-buy from a wonderful author!
Review: I've always been a fan of Vivian Vande Velde. For those of you who don't know, she writes YA and J books, most fantasy, one vampire book, and a couple of historical ghost stories. She's very prolific--I think she had three hardbacks(at least three that my library purchased) published last year, and I'm slowly attempting to catch up with them all.

Her newest book is called "Never Trust a Dead Man", and I think it is her best one yet. It's billed as a "Mystery-Horror-Comedy about Love and Life After Death. Sort of." It's definitely a mystery, there is some horror and slight fantasy elements, and plenty of comedy. If you don't buy this book, check it out at the library, just to read the end of Chapter 13. Luckily, I was on break when I read that part, or else I would have been laughing in front of the whole library. There's also a very interesting punishment for murder, too.

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Summary: never trust a dead man
Review: If you like suspense,comedy, and fun, I suggest you pick up a copy of Never Trust a Dead Man, by Vivian Vande Velde, the writer of many great books including Never Trust a Dead Man.
It is about a young man named Slewyn, who is in love with Anora.Farold, who also loves Anora, and who she chose to marry, was killed the night after Slewyn and Farold got in a fight over Anora. THe whole town finds him guilty of killing Farold. He is buried with the dead Farold, when after a few days in the tomb, a witch named Elwyth makes him an offer he can't refuse. They bring Farold back from the dead, but a bit of confusion causes him to return as a bat.Now Slewyn and Farold have to team up, and find who killed Farold and prove his innocence. But things aren't always what they seem.
I really like Never Trust A Dead Man because you never want to put it down. It is very funny, scary, suspenseful, and fun. I recommened this book to Middle School and High School Students. It is great fun. One of my favorite books ever.

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Summary: A Four Star Book
Review: In this book, a boy named Selwyn is wrongfully accused of killing a boy Farold (both of them around the age of seventeen). All of the people in the small town of Pewyth think that Selwyn killed Farold because both of them loved the same woman (Anoral) but she loved Farold. As a punishment of his wrongfully accused murder, Selwyn was sent to the burial caves to die with the dead Farold with him. When he was waiting to die, a witch names Elswyth came and helped him get out of the cave for a price of years of his life. During these years he had to work for her. Elswyth disguises Selwyn and Farold so they can go find out who really killed Farold, because Farold knows that he didn't kill him. Selwyn, disguised as a pilgrim, is rejected from the town because no one thinks that he is a good person. Farold, who is a bat finds out information that might be helpful, but most of it isn't. When Farold reviels some shocking information that he forgot to tell Selwyn, they have almost found out who killed him. When they uncovered who really killed Farold, I was in shock. I didn't even think that that person was a suspect, let alone the one who actually killed Farold. I would definitely recommend this book to other people. If you are a person who likes to read mystery books, then this is a good book. If you are a person who likes to read suspenseful books, then this is a good book. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read in general.

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Summary: Dead Man is Alive
Review: In this story, a boy named Selwyn is accused to a murderer because it was his knife that killed Farold. Selwyn got punished by a headman, Bowden and sent to a burial cave. There, Selwyn found a witch that helped him to get out of there. Witch made Farold, the dead man, alive, but in the bat's body. Selwyn and Farold went to the vilage in a pilgrims costume, but didn't help, so Selwyn went in a Kiesha's, Orik's daughter who went away from the village, body. Everybody were happy to see her. One day Selwyn in a Kiesha's body and Farold in a bird's body went to the Faroldd's house. There, they found Farold's uncle, Deriann. There, Selwyn found that nobody can kill him eccept Derian because he knows where the knife is and he is so thin, so he can get through the window. When Selwyn and Farold went outside the house, they saw that the villagers are coming toward them and with the real Kiesha. Selwyn ran away, but he falls in the water, and the spell get out of him, so the villagers saw that it was not Selwyn, it was Selwyn. ...

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Summary: Never trust a dead man
Review: Never Trust a dead man is a book with alot of good characters. It is one os the best books I ever read. It hase a really good plot. In this book two men fall in love with one women and when she chooses a man named Farold over the main character because of his money. The next Day Farold is found dead and Anora the wopmen he was going to marry is shoucked and will not come out of her house. The main character is then accused and put in a cave to die. I liked this book because it is a good mix of fantasy action and mystery. This is a good book and if you like fantasy with witches spells, action and mystery then this is a good book for you. If you want to know if the main character finds out who,did it you will have to raed the book. The title might give you a clue what happens.