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Twisted Window

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3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

For the last couple of weeks I have been reading this book called The Twisted Window by Lois Duncan. Here are some reasons this book is good, and why I chose to read it. The book keeps you guessing all the way to the end because you don't know what's going to happen next. The story is full of suspension, and clues all through the story. This book is a great book to read if you're in to misters. The book was so good I couldn't but the book down because it was full of suspension, and it kept my attention to read the book more. The main things that I like about this book are the way the charters are, and the way there described. And here are some descriptions that interested me.
There was this young girl in high school named Tracy Lloyds, a girl who moved to her uncle and Aunts home in Winfield Taxies. Because her mother got murdered in New York where they lived, and Tracy's father didn't want Tracy. Tracy mostly kept to her self and was not worried about others being friends with her. Tracy told her self never to like taxies, or the people. Tracy was really a loner, and she never truest anyone because she was really paranoid about every thing.
Then there was Brad Johnson who was from Albuquerque in New Mexico who was not known in Winfield High school, but who was vary odd and wearied to Tracy because the way he acted. He even watched her and did not understand why an odd handsome guy would be looking her direction. Brad did come to her, and ask for help because she seemed like someone Brad can trusted. But the question is help with what?
This book is full of mysteries and the person who is reading it would want to find out what happens next. Because once you thing you understand it something else happens so it leaves you with suspension. Through the whole book even to the ferry lasted page it leaves you guessing, and wondering what's going to happen. And you are going to have to read it to find out what I'm talking about, to find out how it ends. And the biggest thing you really want to know is what Brad wants with Tracy. This book was two thumbs up to my. I seen no reason at all to say in anyway that there is any bad thing about this book called The Twisted Window. This book is written by Lois Duncan who has written several books that are will known. I think anyone would enjoy this one particularly.

I thought The Twisted Window, by Lois Duncan, was a good book. It's about a girl, Tracy, who has been chosen by this guy named Brad to help him carry out his plans. At first it seems innocent enough, but as you get farther into the book you realize that Brad is not exactly what he seems to be. Tracy then realizes how deep she has gotten in. It is now her problem, too. She must fix what she has done. I like this book because it has some unexpected twists to the characters. Once I started reading I had to know what was going to happen, so I couldn't put it down. The story fits together well and is realistic. I found myself wondering what I would have done in Tracy's position. It wasn't the best book that I have ever read but it's definitely at the top of my list.

Tracy a Winfield High junior, goes with Brad Johnson on a trip she will not soon forget. The hansom Brad seems like a nice boy. Brad asks Tracy to go along with him to re-kidnap his half-sister from his ex-stepfather. Tracy accepts. On their journey, odd facts about Brad change her mind about the kind of person Brad really is. The Twisted Window is for people eleven to adult. It is full of twists and turns. Therefore I give this novel five stars.

When I read this book, I expected something different having read Duncan's other books. However, she captures the true emotional manipulation girls with low self-esteem can be used for. The suspense keeps you glued to the book even though it drags at parts. Truly a hitchcock style plot, the twist and warped perspective behind her reasoning for helping this guy snatch the girl plays it bizarrely in the end.

The twisted window was an unbelievable book. There are so many things that are in the book that you would never expect, it is full of surprises.
Brad Johnson will find Tracy Lloyd and when he does we wonder why he picks her to help him find his missing baby sister out of all the other students at the high school. They take many adventures together such as a babysitting job, and a kidnapping... Later we will find out the answers to many different questions that we may have throughout the book.
You will find out why Brad acts the way that he does. Is it because of love or is it something else?
There are so many different actions that takes place through the book and they all fall together at the end. This is a wonderful book, sit down and enjoy!

The Twisted Window is a good book. It is about an insane kid called Brad. He "lost" his toddler sister. He tried to find her with the help of a girl that looks like his best friend, Jamie. They get into a lot of trouble while trying to find Mindy, Brad's sister. I would recommend this book to people who like mysteries. If you read this book and like it, I think you would like some other books written by Lois Duncan.

I can't exactly say how I feel about the authors writing. It is different from most styles I usually read. I guess I could say that I liked it. I pretty much agreed with the author's opinions and everything. The only part I didn't agree with was when Jamie was a girl and not a boy. I thought that Jamie should have been a boy because it would have made more sense. Also, making Jamie a girl, the author made a dramatic change which I wasn't expecting.
The plot was good because it was different than what books are usually about. But the problem was that I knew he was crazy and that it really wasn't his baby sister but someone else he kidnapped. At first I thought he was going to steal the baby for money but towards the climax I learned that he was crazy and had no idea that what he was doing was wrong.
I think this would be a pretty good book for young adults to read. I don't think teachers should use this book in their classrooms because it isn't that type. Usually when we read books in classrooms, there's a moral to it or a type of message. This book doesn't exactly have an moral or an important message. The only message I can think of is don't trust anyone no matter how believeable their story is.
I recommend this book to people who enjoy suspense and dramatic changes in the plot.

This was probably one of the best books Ive ever read. It's about this girl named Tracy Lloyd who is asked to help a guy named Brad Johnson. She decided to help him. What he needed help w/ was getting back is sister who was kidnapped by her own father. Or was she? Brad JOhnson also has a lot of problems. He makes things up in his head. I love mysteries and if you do to this would be a PERFECT book for you!

This book was all right. There were some exciting parts, and you really are glad that you aren't in Tracy's position. I liked the parts around the house where Brad and Tracy took "Cricket." I thought as soon as they were kidnapping Cricket that "Oh, he'll forget something and come back!" I liked the parts in Winfield. Though I thought the over-all story was weird: A kid with a twisted mind kidnaps some baby he believes is his dead sister, and he then realizes that he actually killed his sister. I thought that the climax wasn't that thrilling. I believe that the title refers not to the window where Brad thought he saw his sister. Still, however, I didn't think that this book was nearly as bad as Daughters of Eve. It is still worth reading. I believe the title refers to Brad. The way our eyes and brain perceive things is sort of like a window. Since Brad twisted up things in his mind, I believe that the title refers to the way Brad perceives things. This, however, is just my opinion. Perhaps Lois Duncan has an answer.....

I loved this book, because it was very detailed. It gave me a lot of details on the characters and on what was happening to them and what they felt. I was never confused on what was happening, because all of it fit together.

Tracy was eating lunch, and suddenly she caught the eyes of someone staring at her. He suddenly got up and walked towards their table, Tracy got the impression that he liked her or her very popular friend sitting next to her. But that wasn't the case. Brad needed her to help him find his long lost sister Mindy, stolen by his greedy step father. Tracy agreed to help, because she only felt sorry for him. After searching for a hard week, they find Mindy sitting in a high chair, at the kitchen table, but only now do the problems start.

I think anyone will like this book, I think even adults would be interested in this book. But people who are ten and under might not understand the book.