The Other Side of Dark, Joan Lowery Nixon
The Other Side of Dark, Joan Lowery Nixon
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The Other Side of Dark

Author: Joan Lowery Nixon

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 4 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/08/2013


Synopsis

EDGAR AWARD WINNER For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes The Other Side of Dark from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon. Stacy wakes up in a hospital room, in a body she doesn’t recognize. Her mother is dead—murdered—and Stacy is recovering from a gunshot wound. She is the sole eyewitness to the crime, but she has only a shadowy memory of the killer’s face. Will Stacy be able to regain a clear memory of that fateful day before the killer reaches her?The Other Side of Dark is one of Joan Lowery Nixon’s most intriguing, suspenseful, and dramatic mysteries. “The compelling premise … and Nixon’s mastery of suspense are gripping.”—Publishers Weekly “Tense and dramatic … [The Other Side of Dark has a] quick pace, and the determined protagonist should attract and hold readers.”—School Library Journal

Reviews

สงสัยช่วงนี้คงเป็นช่วงดวงตก หยิบเล่มไหนมาอ่านก็ไม่สนุกเอาซะเลย หนังสือเล่มนี้มีดีแค่พล็อตเท่านั้น นอกจากนั้นแล้ว ไม่ว่าจะเป็นวิธีเล่าเรื่อง (ที่ไม่ลุ้น ไม่อินเลย) ความสมเหตุสมผล ความฉลาดของตัวละคร ฯลฯ ไม่มีอะไรดีเลย นางเอกโง่มาก ทำตัวเรียกแขกตลอด ตัวเองเป็นพยานคนเดียวที่เห็นคนฆ่าแม่ แถมยังความจำเสื่อม นึกหน......more

Goodreads review by Pamela

Not going to lie, I was dreading getting to this one. This may have been the first one I read - I remember, as a kid, really finding the hook intriguing. I also remembered it being much more about the drama of Stacy not remembering who she was over the mystery. I was surprised to find that the myste......more

Goodreads review by iasa

I picked this up at a library book sale not realizing it was a young adult mystery. As such it's filled with absent adults, taut teens, and unbelievable happenings, but as a eight year old I would have eaten it up. Also great for sticking to the story at hand without preachiness or other digressions......more