The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World Audiobook

" Hm. I am normally a huge fan of E.L. Konigsburg but frankly, I'm mystified by this book. First of all, I do not think it should have been labeled or sold as a Children's or Juvenile book. It seems much more Young Adult. I work extensively with young kids, and I don't know any, never mind two, that act like the sixth graders in this book. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it. I'm just mystified by the whole thing, and I hate that feeling. "

" I think if this book had been by someone else, I would have been more impressed. But it reminded me too much of the author's incomparable From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Same idea of a cranky, eccentric, cool old lady with a lot of stuff who sets up an art-related mystery for two children to solve on their own. But here the main character is an exile from NY to Florida instead of a suburban runaway to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sorry, just doesn't match up. "

" um- REALLY not good. a pale imitation of mixed up files but cold and aloof. "

" listening to, actually. love this author - a sophisticated kids author who never talks down to kids. "

" I remember loving a book by this author and wanted to find more good ones. THis didn't pull me in. I got bored after a couple of chapters and quit. "

" Love E.L. Konigsburg. Another book that tells the story of very self-reliant children who solve a decades-old art history mystery. "

" Big characters, very small plot. "

" another great book by an awesome author! "

" I want to make this into a film. I can see the shots in my head. Love this book. Love it. "

" I hope it will be great like the rest of E.L. konigsburgs works "

" this book was OK. it was really interesting at first but then it got really boring and i almost stopped. but i finished it and it was pretty good "

" Again, a kind-of-mystery that will keep you reading. "

" Quirky, different, deep. "

" Great characters. Very interesting and engaging. Apparently these characters are also in another of her books...my new mission; to read everything Konigsburg has written. Why stop at the medal winners? "

" I hope it will be great like the rest of E.L. konigsburgs works "

" A curious misfire from the usually reliable Mrs. Konigsburg: unevenly structured, overwritten, full of quirks that ultimately signify nothing, and covered with a strange hermetic feeling. "

" I remember loving a book by this author and wanted to find more good ones. THis didn't pull me in. I got bored after a couple of chapters and quit. "

" Why do I know so little about Hitler & WW2? This book was fun. "