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Summary: A great read!
Review: I couldn't put LOCKED INSIDE down! It's a great combination of suspense, romance and a mystery, too. If you liked THE KILLER's COUSIN, you're in for a treat. This one is even better!
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Summary: Locked Inside (review)
Review: I read Locked inside and would say it is a great read. The reading is not difficult and I would have enjoyed somthing more indepth but overall it was pretty good. If I had to compare it to Catcher in the Rye, I'd say "Catcher" was more realistic. And it still needs to be read along side with books like Locked Inside. This book was totaly me. I am a computer geek like Marnie and I too get carried away with games and chatting. I just hope I don't find out I have a crazy sister out there waiting to kidnap me.
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Summary: Overall pleased with the book
Review: I think that Locked Inside by Nancy Werlin was an overall good book. I feel that it kept my attention pretty good. I do feel however that at sometimes in the book it got a little boring. They spent a lot of time in the beginning and the end describing the character and what was happening to her emotionally and physically. During the middle of the book it got REALLY good because it was when Marnie, the main character, was being kidnapped and everything that happened to her while she was in there so that was really interesting. I think that I would recommend this to someone depending on their reading level because people with high reading levels would most likely find the book boring.
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Summary: Pleased with the book
Review: I thought that Locked Inside by Nancy Werlin was a overall good book. I found that it kept my attention good. I do have to say that it is at sometimes a little boring. In the beginning they spend most the time describing Marnie, who is the main character, I think that this helps to a point but they got a little carried away when they started to go into describing the computer game, and all of Marnie's bad habits. Then in the middle of the book it was really interesting and that kept me wanting to read more, but then again at the end they got into describing to much. I think I would probally recommened this to someone depending on their reading levels.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK!!!
Review: In the book Locked Inside, the author is Nancy Werlin. Marnie Skyedottir is the main character. She's a very wealthy 16-year-old orphan, whose mother was a songwriter and passed away five years ago. Her mother left her with a guardian by the name of Max and put her in the hands of a boarding school in Massachusetts. When Marnie got kidnapped she had to use her wits plus everything she's learned from her mother and online. Marnie spent late nights online playing her favorite computer game called Paliopolis. Her online pal was Elf. After Marnie got kidnapped the person in real life who saved her was Elf, whose real name is Frank Delgado. In Locked Inside she never really got personal with explaining her mom, my thoughts to that are her mom didn't tell people her business and was a very personal woman, who kept to her self. Locked Inside is mostly made for young adults, but anyone who wants to read it can. This book's appeal is to capture the readers mind and lock them into the book. That works very well, because when I started reading Locked Inside, I couldn't put it down. Locked Inside could become a classic young adult mystery, because the book is so good. I would recommend Locked Inside for any reader who wants a good mystery. If your into suspense and like to try to figure out what happened at the end then this is a great book for you and it will keep you at the end of your seat throughout the whole book. If I had to rate this book I would give it 4 stars. It's just a great book that you can sit down and read rain or shine and still get the readers theme and be interested. Why I wouldn't rate it 5 stars is because the details could have been better and my interest was off sometimes because of some things that weren't explained well enough. Overall Locked Inside is a very good book and I would definitely recommend it.
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Summary: What I think about Locked Inside,
Review: In the book Locked Inside, the author is Nancy Werlin. Marnie Skyedottir is the main character. She's a very wealthy 16-year-old orphan, whose mother was a songwriter and passed away five years ago. Her mother left her with a guardian by the name of Max and put her in the hands of a boarding school in Massachusetts. When Marnie got kidnapped she had to use her wits plus everything she's learned from her mother and online. Marnie spent late nights online playing her favorite computer game called Paliopolis. Her online pal was Elf. After Marnie got kidnapped the person in real life who saved her was Elf, whose real name is Frank Delgado. In Locked Inside she never really got personal with explaining her mom, my thoughts to that are her mom didn't tell people her business and was a very personal woman, who kept to her self. Locked Inside is mostly made for young adults, but anyone who wants to read it can. This book's appeal is to capture the readers mind and lock them into the book. That works very well, because when I started reading Locked Inside, I couldn't put it down. Locked Inside could become a classic young adult mystery, because the book is so good. I would recommend Locked Inside for any reader who wants a good mystery. If your into suspense and like to try to figure out what happened at the end then this is a great book for you and it will keep you at the end of your seat throughout the whole book. If I had to rate this book I would give it 4 stars. It's just a great book that you can sit down and read rain or shine and still get the readers theme and be interested. Why I wouldn't rate it 5 stars is because the details could have been better and my interest was off sometimes because of some things that weren't explained well enough. Overall Locked Inside is a very good book and I would definitely recommend it.
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Summary: Timely and Exciting
Review: Internet Addition is a timely topic and Werlin treats it with both seriousness and mystery in Locked Inside. The characters are well developed as is the plot! I enjoyed the twists and turns in this one.
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Summary: A strong, engrossing second novel
Review: Locked Inside is a companion of sorts to Nancy Werlin's The Killer's Cousin, which I liked better, at least initially. Locked Inside is the story of Marnie Skyedottir, a wealthy sixteen-year-old orphan at a private school in northern Massachusetts. Her singer/songwriter/author mother died five years ago, leaving her in the guardianship of Max and the care of boarding schools. When Marnie is kidnapped, she has to confront the influence her mother left on her life. Marnie is hard to warm up to at first, and not because she's unlikable; readers will identify with her stubbornness and the way she hates adults prying into her life. I assumed that Nancy Werlin didn't want readers getting close to Marnie, because Marnie doesn't really let anyone get close to her. It was a good device on Werlin's part, but it makes the book hard to get into. There are also several lengthy descriptions of Paliopolis, the online role-playing game that Marnie is involved with. Werlin does a pretty good job of relationg these to what's going on with Marnie, but they're a little hard to get into and identify with if you're not a gamer. The book cover is misleading because it gives the impression that Marnie does all her contemplation while she's kidnapped. I thought the book was going to be set mostly during the time she was "locked inside," but the major revelations about her mother come after she's been set free. It's fine, but it's not what I expected. Frank Delgado, the sole friend of David Yaffe from The Killer's Cousin, makes an appearance in Locked Inside as the "Elf," one of Marnie's fellow gamers on Paliopolis, who comes to her rescue in real life when she's kidnapped. Honestly, realizing that the Elf was Frank was the highlight of the read for me. I enjoy it when characters make "guest appearances" in authors' other books, at least sometimes. Locked Inside gave some more insight into Frank's character, which simply doesn't come in The Killer's Cousin. Marnie's change from the beginning of the book to the end is not as well-evoked as David's, in The Killer's Cousin, but it is still a strong read that features a resourceful, if shortsighted, heroine. Nancy Werlin writes Marnie as well as she did David, which is a nice accomplishment, to be able to evoke both boys and girls successfully.
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Summary: A strong, engrossing second novel
Review: Locked Inside is a companion of sorts to Nancy Werlin's The Killer's Cousin, which I liked better, at least initially. Locked Inside is the story of Marnie Skyedottir, a wealthy sixteen-year-old orphan at a private school in northern Massachusetts. Her singer/songwriter/author mother died five years ago, leaving her in the guardianship of Max and the care of boarding schools. When Marnie is kidnapped, she has to confront the influence her mother left on her life. Marnie is hard to warm up to at first, and not because she's unlikable; readers will identify with her stubbornness and the way she hates adults prying into her life. I assumed that Nancy Werlin didn't want readers getting close to Marnie, because Marnie doesn't really let anyone get close to her. It was a good device on Werlin's part, but it makes the book hard to get into. There are also several lengthy descriptions of Paliopolis, the online role-playing game that Marnie is involved with. Werlin does a pretty good job of relationg these to what's going on with Marnie, but they're a little hard to get into and identify with if you're not a gamer. The book cover is misleading because it gives the impression that Marnie does all her contemplation while she's kidnapped. I thought the book was going to be set mostly during the time she was "locked inside," but the major revelations about her mother come after she's been set free. It's fine, but it's not what I expected. Frank Delgado, the sole friend of David Yaffe from The Killer's Cousin, makes an appearance in Locked Inside as the "Elf," one of Marnie's fellow gamers on Paliopolis, who comes to her rescue in real life when she's kidnapped. Honestly, realizing that the Elf was Frank was the highlight of the read for me. I enjoy it when characters make "guest appearances" in authors' other books, at least sometimes. Locked Inside gave some more insight into Frank's character, which simply doesn't come in The Killer's Cousin. Marnie's change from the beginning of the book to the end is not as well-evoked as David's, in The Killer's Cousin, but it is still a strong read that features a resourceful, if shortsighted, heroine. Nancy Werlin writes Marnie as well as she did David, which is a nice accomplishment, to be able to evoke both boys and girls successfully.
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Summary: Excellent, thrilling book you can't put down!
Review: Locked Inside is about a sixteen year old girl name Marnie. Her mother had died 5 years ago and her guardian is a man name Max. Marnie goes to this boarding school, she isn't studying as hard as she should be and ends up not doing well in school. She spends most of her time playing this game online with is guy identified as Elf. After her mother's death, Marnie hasn't really want anyone to get close to her, bascially like disconnecting herself from the world. She soons get kidnap by her teacher name Ms. Slaight where she also meets the guy name Elf in person. I don't want to disappoint anyone by telling the ending so read it to find out. This is an excellent book and I recommend people from ages 12 and up. I really like this book because the author is telling everyone a very important message. I can't wait to read The Killer's Cousin. I have read a lot reviews saying that it is an outstanding book even better than this one. Anyways this is a really REALLY superb book and I hope you read it, you won't be disappointed.
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