Étranges impressions (Noir Poison, #4) by Jane B. Mason

Étranges impressions (Noir Poison, #4) Reviews

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  Bella Paglia

  It was ok
  
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  Kisa, the person who likes doughnuts

  this was probably one of my favorite Poison Apple books!
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  Lena

  This book is great!!!!!!I love this book because it has mysteries and it is scary.
  So far 2 girls named Lena and Abby find this camera in a thrift store and in all the pictures there is a boy with a tower called Phelps water tower and every time they take pictures get clearer. They just found out that the boys name was Robbie and he loved taking pictures. During the evening of March 18,1998 he fell down that water tower and died then that water tower was torn down mysteriously. I think that the boy needs help from them because the tower is called Phelps tower and there is the word help in it after all. Is the boy trying to hurt them? Does he want to try and ruin their lives forever? Or does he want to haunt the girls?
  
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  Vitalina

  Both Lena and Abby just adore searching through thrift stores. When one day Lena comes across a polaroid camera. But, Lena keeps on finding a image of a boy that shows up in every picture that she takes with the camera. It can’t be true that Lena and Abby are being haunted, right? Mysterious and suspenseful, basically all I ever want in any book. In my opinion, this is a very exciting, and thrilling book, I loved reading it. The whole book has “edge of your seat suspense” so I just couldn’t wait to find out what will happen next as I turned each page. I absolutely recommend this book to everyone that loves suspense.
  
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  J.M.

  This was a really cute, well-written book about two young girls in a small town. They love to go thrift shopping, and one finds a great old camera and buys it. She starts taking pictures, and sees a boy in the photographs. He keeps becoming clearer and closer in each photo. Can they solve the mystery before it's too late for them?
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  Jocelyn

  I thought that this book was okay.I didn't really like this book because I don't like books that revolve around dark or goth things.I do like reading scary stories but I just don't like these types of books.Well anyways,that doesen't mean that other people would like this book.I would recommand this book to anybody that likes mystery or suspense books.
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  Cheyenne

  I loved it, but I dont realy like ghost books.
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  Monzerrat

  I liked the book because it is about two girls who go to a town called Helps. They found a water tower with a boy who died in the 1990's.
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  Cynthia

  I read an excerpt of this book way back in Elementary school and always wanted to get around to reading the full thing. Now You See Me ... is about two friends, Lena and Abby, that spend their summer vacations thrifting. One day, they stop in a rural town called Phelps and Lena finds the thing she's been hunting for forever, an Impulse Polaroid camera. The shop keeper doesn't want to sell the camera but eventually caves. However, after Lena gets the camera weird things start happening. Lena feels compelled to take pictures of random things she normally wouldn't be interested in. After the picture develops, Lena finds that objects and people that weren't there are suddenly showing up in the photographs. Particularly, a scowling boy keeps haunting every photo. Lena and Abby set out to find what happened to the boy and why he won't leave Lena alone.
  
  Unfortunately, while the premise of this book was really interesting I found the story to be pretty dull. I remember the other book in this series absolutely terrifying me as a kid but this one was more about finding out who the ghost boy was. With that in mind, I was really disappointed in the ending because it is never revealed why the ghost boy did what he did. Furthermore, there seemed to be a fair bit of mystery surrounding his death with the nightmares Lena had, but his death went pretty unexplained. Certain aspects just never seemed to add up or click. Overall, it was just a bland story with a let-down ending.
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  Steven R. McEvoy

  This fourth book in the new series, Poison Apple Books from Scholastic, is not as dark as the previous book, but it was a great read. These books are geared for readers who enjoyed the softer and gentler Candy Apple Books but are looking to read something with a little more edge. This book is, in part, the story of best friends, Abby and Lena, and they are thrift store junkies. Lena has been searching for a Polaroid Impulse, a treasure she had been looking for because her cousin gave her a whole case of film for it. But shortly after getting it, strange things start happening. Things start showing up in the pictures that are not really there. First a water tower and then a boy, and with each succeeding picture the boy is clearer. But Lena is being haunted and haunted through her new prized camera. She needs to find out what the boy wants or needs because her life is starting to fall apart. Can she figure out the hints in the pictures and solve the mystery?
  
  This story was really fun to read. The story told from a photographer's perspective, with how to frame photos and compositions was an interesting twist. It is another good book in a great series.
  
  
  Poison Apple Books:
  The Dead End - Mimi McCoy
  This Totally Bites! - Ruth Ames
  Miss Fortune - Brandi Dougherty
  Now You See Me - Jane B. Mason & Sarah Hines Stephens
  Midnight Howl - Clare Hutton
  Her Evil Twin - Mimi McCoy
  Curiosity Killed the Cat - Sierra Harimann
  At First Bite - Ruth Ames
  
  Rotten Apple Books:
  Mean Ghouls - Staci Deutsch
  Zombie Dog - Clare Hutton
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  Denise

  Such a fun series and this one really it home - being a thrifter myself, I love that the girls enjoy the thrift hobby. In this story finding that longed for thrift item, turns into much more than they were looking for.
  A camera turns out to have a story to tell and the girls have to figure out what is happening to make their lives 'normal' again.
  There are fun touches of life such as dad canning and library personal to get past, and of course there is school .
  Just a good read for all ages.
  
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  Ciera Legue

  I really liked it, it was awesome but the ending was seriously confusing and i felt that the ending wasnt explained well enough to wrap up the story with the ghostie robbie. I would still recommend it but be forewarned that the ending will leave you confused
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  Dharia Scarab

  Working to read through my back log of children's books so I can donate. Three stars is my default rating for children and YA books and indicates they are good for their audience.
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  Debbie Patterson

  super fun books in this series
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  Jessica

  I get this is meant for smaller people and it was number four in the series. (Book fair find again).
  However, not much to the story and interest was not held for long.
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  Sarah Dale

  A pretty lit book.
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  Elizabeth

  Good character development, interesting narrative, just the right amount of creepy for my nine-year-old. We are really enjoying this series!
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  So Leil

  This book is amazing for me...
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  Ruby McDemon

  I enjoyed this little mystery ghost story. I really liked how it all came together like a puzzle. This was a cute little story and fun to read.
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  Lindsey

  Makayla wanted me to read this so I did and I loved it!
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  Liberty Arrow

  Fantastic little book! It was a great and creepy mystery for kids. I loved how the story was all wrapped up and little details that you wouldn’t think meant anything were actually involved in the story. For some reason, the setting also felt very comfortable, as if I had gone back in time for a second. This was amazing, and I’ll be sure to pick up the rest of the books in this series.
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  Katie Fitzgerald

  This is the third Poison Apple book I read, and it sort of combines the themes of the first two and brings them together in their own story. The Dead End focused on a ghost with a message, while Miss Fortune focused on a creepy object. Now You See Me... is the story of an object - specifically, a vintage Polaroid camera - that is haunted by the ghost of its last owner, a young boy who died under tragic circumstances.
  
  Abby and Lena, best friends and thrift shop junkies, find the camera in a thrift shop at the start of the book. The store owner is reluctant to part with it, which seems strange enough, but when Lena begins taking photos, objects and people who aren't actually there appear on the developed film. Abby keeps trying to convince Lena to get rid of the camera and forget about it, but her interest in owning the camera, and her desire to help the mysterious boy who appears in the photos causes her to hang onto it and keep trying to solve the mystery. Ultimately, her persistence leads to an emotional revelation for several people, and some unexpected good luck.
  
  This book is the most impressive of the three Poison Apple titles I have now read. It is extremely well-plotted so that one event moves smoothly into the next and snippets of conversation here and there contribute in small ways to the overall story. I loved learning more about thrifting and haggling with shop owners, and also enjoyed the additional detail of Lena's father's jam-making. I also appreciated the way the authors portrayed librarians. As I mentioned in last week's review, the librarian in Miss Fortune is a walking talking stereotype, but the librarian in this book is much better. Not only does she seem on the younger side, she's also really helpful to Abby and Lena and takes them seriously, even though they are just kids and might be asking somewhat strange questions. I felt like this was a much more realistic representation of the way a librarian might actually treat a twelve-year-old girl than I have seen anywhere else in tween fiction.
  
  This book also has a really emotional ending, that reminded me of TV shows like The Ghost Whisperer. Like The Dead End, this book isn't just scary, it also has an interesting outcome that affects the main characters in a significant way, and changes their lives, and the lives of others. Great for mystery and horror fans, even those who have to sleep with the lights on.