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1.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting premise, poor execution, January 28, 2005
This review is from: Buried Secrets (Smallville Series for Young Adults, No. 6) (Mass Market Paperback)
This was the first Smallville book I'd picked up and I instantly realized what people meant about the series seemingly being designed for ten-year-olds. But more than that was lacking in this doozy of a novel. The characters are off, the writing's juvenile and unimaginative, and the overall story just... SUCKS! Take my advice on this, skip this one and pick up 'Dragon'. That books not perfect either, but at least the plot will restore your faith in the series.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty Bad, Wishful Thinking, December 20, 2004
This review is from: Buried Secrets (Smallville Series for Young Adults, No. 6) (Mass Market Paperback)
One of the few disappointing stories in the Smallville Series for Young Adults, Buried Secrets introduces a new Spanish teacher who can read people's minds. She has this ability, but hates using it, and doesn't do anything spectacular with it that warrants it as a freak-of-a-week episode. Clark and Lex falls for this Spanish teacher (although there is nothing really amazing like special powers through kryptonite to get everyone to fall for her), and have Clark (who is hopelessly in love with Lana) fall for her is unbelievable. Having built up Clark's strength of character to have him go after his Spanish teacher, despite the way he feels about Lana, is unbelievable. He even gets into a fighting jealous rage when Lex falls for the Spanish teacher, too. Anyone who has watched Smallville, even for one season, knows this is nonsense.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Written by someone who doesn't know the characters, December 27, 2011
This review is from: Buried Secrets (Smallville Series for Young Adults, No. 6) (Mass Market Paperback)
This was not one of Smallville's best books. I'll start with the one that was most annoying; the timeline. Where the crap are we in the seasons?
I'll set this timeline out for you:
Season 1: Twelve years since the meteor shower hit. Clark and Lana were three at the time, Lex was nine. This would make Clark and Lana fifteen and Lex twenty-one.
Season 2: Whitney is in the military. Pete finds out about Clark's secret.
Season 4: Pete isn't in the show anymore, leaving after he decides hiding Clark's secret it too much. Lex is now twenty-four.
Things above that are in the book: Meteor shower hit twelve years ago; Clark and Lana are fifteen; Whitney is in the military; Lex is twenty-four.
Hm... how on earth did that work out? So we're in season 1, 2, and 4 all at the same time? And what happened to season 3, it wasn't important enough to be included? I'm thinking they should have either gotten someone who actually knows the show or someone to help the person who doesn't know the show.
The most annoying thing, though, is all the Lana blabber. We get it, you're jealous of Whitney! You want Lana, though no one in their right mind knows why. We don't need to have you yearning for her for 60 freakin' pages.
Then you think it's finally going to get interesting, what with the Lana crap behind you, but no such luck. He's gotten past Lana just to move onto another unattainable woman. Ms. Sanchez, the beautiful Spanish woman. She was actually pretty interesting for a side character, which usually has no personality except "this guy was mean" or "this girl was kind." She had a nice personality but not over-the-top nice and an interesting background. Unfortunately, that couldn't change the whole outcome of the book; a good fast read for Smallville fans, but nothing more.
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