DNF Review – Ghosts of Greenglass House (Greenglass House, Book 2) by Kate Milford (3/5 stars)
Reading Level: Middle Grade
Genre: Magical Realism
Length: 464 pages
Publisher: Clarion Books
Release Date: October 3, 2017
ISBN-13: 978-054499146
Stand Alone or Series: 2nd book in the Greenglass House series
Source: Borrowed from Library
Rating: 3/5 stars
“Welcome back to the irresistible world of Greenglass House where thirteen-year-old Milo is, once again, spending the winter holidays stuck in a house full of strange guests who are not what they seem. There are fresh clues to uncover as friends old and new join in his search for a mysterious map and a famous smuggler’s lost haul.”
I enjoyed the first book in the Greenglass House series but I just couldn’t get into this one. I received “Bluecrowne” for review and thought I would try to read “Ghosts of Greenglass House” before I read “Bluecrowne”. I put this book down and picked it back up a number of times but finally gave up. This was a bummer for me because I have really enjoyed all of Milford’s other books.
My main issue with this book was that too many characters were introduced too rapidly. I also just couldn’t get into the mystery. At about 170 pages in I stopped reading it.
The story starts very slowly with a number of characters being introduced (just like in the first book). One of them steals something from another guest and Milo must assume a different persona (like he did in the last book) to solve the mystery. It takes a long time for the ghosts to show up and I really thought the story was incredibly slow. Additionally, the story was very similar to the first book.
Overall I wasn’t a fan of this book at all. It was slow, hard to engage with, and boring. It mimics the first book in many ways but I didn’t think it was nearly as good. I will still be reading “Bluecrowne” since I got it for review and it is supposed to stand on its own well. I had also wanted to read the “Kairos Mechanism” but now I am thinking about waiting on getting that one.
This book goes towards the following reading challenges:
– Goodreads Reading Challenge
