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102 out of 102 people found this review helpful.

This Game is Better Through a Child's Eyes

Date of Review:  May 16, 2000
Review: As a child, this book enthralled me. The characters were quirky. The puzzle was intriguing. The suspense was high enough to keep me turning the pages, but not so high that it gave me nightmares.

As an adult, I found it contrived, blatant,...
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  3.0

by: Redlass
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Great characters, good theme
Cons
Plot was forced, a little too much...
 
53 out of 53 people found this review helpful.

The Westing Game

Date of Review:  Oct 11, 2001
The Bottom Line: If you like a puzzle and you don't mind trying to keep track of numerous characters, this is fun light reading.
Review: Yet another month has passed and once again this Tuesday night it was book discussion night with my book club. Our October selection was The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, a young adult book and winner of the Newbery Medal in 1979.

The plot...
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  3.0

by: serc
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
fun to read, puzzle is quite tricky
Cons
character stereotyping, plus there are...
 
50 out of 50 people found this review helpful.

You're not too old to play this game

Date of Review:  Oct 23, 2001
The Bottom Line: Weird and wacky, it's an interesting, if far-fetched mystery with many memorable characters.
Review: In my quest to rediscover childhood favorites, I remembered Ellen Raskin's The Westing Game as being one of the quirky standouts. I was never very good at solving mysteries. Encyclopedia Brown beat me every time. Sherlock Holmes floored me. Putting...
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  4.0

by: arianej
Recommended to buy: Yes

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complicated mystery, eccentric...
Cons
large, confusing cast of characters
 
39 out of 39 people found this review helpful.

The Westing Game: The Past Ain't Through With Us

Date of Review:  Oct 25, 2002
The Bottom Line: One of my favorite books when I was a kid.
Review: I have no idea how many books I read when I was a kid.

Hundreds certainly, maybe a thousand. I know I stretched the limits of the Grand Prairie Public Library's children's section; everything that was worth reading, anyway. I can't...
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  5.0

by: CurtisEdmonds
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Read this book to your kids, they'll...
Cons
but be careful that they don't turn...
 
32 out of 32 people found this review helpful.

WHODUNNIT????

Date of Review:  Jan 18, 2000
Review: Samuel Westing, an eccentric millionaire dies, and sixteen of his heirs are called together for the reading of the will. But instead of learning what each will inherit, they are instead given clues to a puzzle, paired off, and learn that the first...
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  5.0

by: francesca57
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Good mystery
Cons
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16 out of 16 people found this review helpful.

Great Westingpectations

Date of Review:  Jul 27, 2001
The Bottom Line: A primo "for the first time around" read that is darn good the next time around; may inspire you to try to write your own mystery--Good Luck!
Review: I envy "Redlass" and all you others who read THE WESTING GAME as children, 'tweens, and young teens. I certainly don't envy you the way you feel "now," rereading it as adults and finding at least some of the magic gone. Is that one of the worst...
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  5.0

by: majenta
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Action; surprises; humor; SOME...
Cons
The term "Mongloid" is used.
 
15 out of 15 people found this review helpful.

A Puzzler that Satisfies

Date of Review:  Jun 26, 2000
Review: The Westing Game was undoubtedly my favorite book as a child. I can still remember the author's intricately planned course of action spreading out like a treasure map in my young mind the first time I opened the book. I'm not certain if it was my...
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  5.0

by: smile7724
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Well-developed characters, interesting...
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Can't think of any
 
14 out of 14 people found this review helpful.

A Great, 5 Star Book

Date of Review:  Apr 15, 2005
Review: The Westing Game written by Ellen Raskin, I think is one of the best books of all time. A who-done-it, you-solve-it mystery. Barney Northrup, a apartment salesman sells the Sunset Towers apartments to various people, from a judge to a dressmaker. In...
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  5.0

by: egs2005
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
fun mystery book
Cons
none
 
14 out of 14 people found this review helpful.

Can't help re-reading this book

Date of Review:  Jun 20, 2000
Review: One of the joys of being a teacher is having the excuse to read children's books. The Westing Game was one of my favorite books when I was in middle school, but if it wasn't for my profession, I may never have remembered this wonderful book...
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  5.0

by: cindere
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Fun, puzzle of a book that kids and...
Cons
Some of the scenes are violent, but NOT...
 
13 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

The Westing Game

Date of Review:  Sep 3, 2002
The Bottom Line: Buy this!! You'll end up reading it over and over again!!!! I recommend it 100%!
Review: I had to read the Westing Game for school over the summer. I put it off until July, then got to my feet and read it. When I was filling out the dittos that came with it, I had so much to say that I needed another page! The cover isn't too appealing...
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  5.0

by: jbeck132
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Keeps you on the edge of your seat!
Cons
Maybe too much...you keep reading when...
 

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