Overdue

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Summary: A Night at the Library Gone Wrong
Review: A review by Darcy
Kathleen is a senior in high school and works in the city library. She has one real true friend named Robin. The kids in school make fun of Robin because he is slow and mute. She has one life long friend named Bran. Most of the girls in school are jealous of Kathleen because of that. When the head librarian Ms. Finch leaves town for a seminar strange things start to happen. People start disappearing and end up being found dead. Kathleen tries to tell Bran and Robin what's happening and they start to think that she is crazy. It all started when Ms. Finch left and a stranger came in. His name is Alexander and he uses the library to do research for a project for his classes in the college he goes too. Kathleen finds books with torn out pictures and mutilated pages. She finds more books that are actually clues of what happened to the missing people.

The characters are pretty believable. The character that I can mostly relate to is Robin. He seemed to be the most believable of all. Kathleen I thought was a little strange. I wouldn't have jumped to conclusions so quickly but I would be a little freaked out. Bran I didn't really like because he seemed to be flirting all the time and didn't really seem to care or pay attention to Kathleen's warnings or about the books being clues to the missing people. Ms. Finch I thought was a little crazy because if she killed people just to get the one she loves attention then she should be put in a mental institution. I really enjoyed this book and I recommend that everyone read it at least once. I was hanging on the edge of my seat with suspense. If you like horror books then you'll love this one.

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Summary: The best horror/action book ever written.
Review: Cusick keeps the plot moving with exciting twists and flips to keep you reading. The best part is when the climax hits and the conclusion. You will be on the edge of your seat and the book will keep your attention.

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Summary: As good as Cusick's other books
Review: Here is the description on the back of the book:
"It was after hours. Kathleen was preparing to close the library when somebody returned five grisly books about death. One was slashed. All were overdue. Then Kathleen found the bookmark with the deadly warning. Now people close to her are falling victim to tragic accidents. Someone is out for blood. Is it Robin, silent, shy, withdrawn? Is it Alexander, the dark, handsome stranger who haunts the library stacks and says he wants to help? Kathleen can count on only one thing: the killer WILL strike again--her death is overdue...."

Kathleen is working at the creepy old library in town during spring break while the librarian, Miss Finch, attends a seminar. Working with Kathleen is her good friend Robin, a shy, mute young man who always listens to what Kathleen has to say. Then one night someone drops off several long overdue books on murders and torture, with pictures cut out of them, and Kathleen begins to feel uneasy when she finds a bookmark in one of them that reads, "Horrors Await You. Beware." Soon Kathleen's friends begin to get fatally injured, and at every accident site, she finds a book that has to do with the way her friends are being hurt. Who is doing this? Is it Alexander, a college guy who has started hanging around the library? Is it Bran, Kathleen's hot lifelong best friend? Or is it Robin, silent and withdrawn?

The ending was really great, and I never guessed who the killer was. I'm so glad I read this; I almost didn't, because I thought the title was pretty stupid, but I was wrong! Definitely worth anyone's money!

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Summary: Well, let me explain...
Review: I don't know if I liked it or I didn't. The story had to do with those five grisly books on murder for all of five minutes. The rest was about accidents with themes of books and the books being found by Kathleen before somehting would happen somtimes. That was a great idea, and I'm sure it was a little tough, but there was something about the whole story that I didn't like. The ending was monotonous and boring, kind of like a typical R.L. Stine book for a while. The real killer was unpredeictable, and the killer's motive was pretty cool. Yet, what i can't get over is why Kathleen's best friend Bran's mother was always calling her "cara." Is that Italian, becuase she was really Italian, the mother that is.

I absolutely hated the epilogue. Bran and Kathleen become more than friends. That is so dumb. It's like going witht the thought that all boy-girl friendships end up or really are boyfriend-girlfriend relationships. That offends me becuase I have a friend who everyone thinks that way of.

All in all, you have to read it and see how you like it. I kinda liked it, but I don't know.

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Summary: A Night at the Library Gone Wrong
Review: I thought this book was pretty good. Since I have read all of Richie T. Cusick's books, I defiently think she's written better, but I would still recommened this book. I think she spent a lot of time making the characters seem believable, which she did. Frankly, the book is really worth reading for the END. The ending is so cool, really original and action-packed..

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Summary: Pretty darn good
Review: I thought this book was pretty good. Since I have read all of Richie T. Cusick's books, I defiently think she's written better, but I would still recommened this book. I think she spent a lot of time making the characters seem believable, which she did. Frankly, the book is really worth reading for the END. The ending is so cool, really original and action-packed..

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Summary: Can the Library really be dangerous?
Review: Kathleen doesen't expect anything bad to happen at the libary. Yet someone is out for her blood. Now she must find out who wants to end her life. Or she will die. This book will keep you guessing! Read it!

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Summary: Five stars (as usual)
Review: Richie [i]is[/i] a very talented writer, after all, with a gift I so envy of spinning plots within plots. Frankly, I don't remember the details of this book, I read it so long ago, but I know it's vaguely creepy and you will love it (unless you happen to don't like this kind of stuff). Not Richie's best work, but still a 5-star. Read my review for *Help Wanted*. :D

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Summary: This book would be rated MORE than 5 stars...
Review: This book was great! I started reading the first two chapters and it wasn't as good as the other books I've been reading. But once you're on the third or fourth chapter, you can't put it down. There are some sad, surprising, heart-beating parts in it. That's what makes you want to read it again and again. You would NEVER guess who the murderer is...he/she wasn't even in the story most of the time! What was really sad was when one of Kathleen's closest friends was murdered. The ending was nice too. For all the people who likes thrillers, horrors, etc, you just HAVE to read this!

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Summary: The Best
Review: This is the best horror book i have ever read..Cusick is my favortie arthor. She writes it so that the people you least expect are the criminals..you always gettin another suprise throwin at you. Overdue was THE best horror book i have ever read. it was just the best.