The Vanishing of Katharina Linden: A Novel Audiobook

" This was a decent young adult book, and a very quick read. Parts of the plot didn't seem that important, and the middle section of the book didn't really help much with the overall mystery, but I liked the ending. I wasn't expecting the book to end how it did, and it more or less made up for having to wait through some of the more boring parts. "

" I really enjoyed this story. It's part mystery, part fairy tale, part horror, part ghost story, and overall just good. I enjoyed the plot and characters. It is one of the rare books, at least recently, that I just wanted to keep reading and find out what happened next. I enjoyed that there was not a lot of fluff and that the story really moved. The ending was not all that surprising, but I really enjoyed getting there. I would be interested in reading another book by this author. "

" Good mystery. Kind of sinister. It was a page turner. "

" 3.5 stars. I round it down to three because although I liked it quite a bit, I don't think it's one that I'm going to think about at all now that I'm done with it. "

" I saw someone refer to this book as horror and I would say that it is NOT horror. It is the story of something horrible that happened in a small German town as told through the eyes of one of it's resident children. I don't really think there is anything "new" to this story. There's a mystery and a couple of the kids decide they are going to solve the mystery. Of course, they end up in danger in the course of their investigating. I did like the writing and look forward to reading more from Helen Grant. "

" A great mystery with a bit of a supernatural element. Of course being set in Germany and having random German words and phases thrown in was especially appealing to me. "

" I very much enjoyed this book. It is a modern story about a town dealing with a series of tragedies (and particularly the effects on one girl's family) but also has the undercurrents of an old-fashioned dark fairy-tale at the same time. It takes place in a small German town and incorporates some German words, phrases, folk tales and traditions. I didn't realize until after I finished that there was a small glossary of German terms in the back, but you didn't need this in order to understand what was going on. "

" It is beautifully written and gives a strong sense of place to the village. But the plot was predictable, and the pacing way too slow. Plodding. "

" I would have given this 4 stars but I thought when the murder mystery is solved near the end of the book, the person who's revealed as the villain is too improbable. The explanation given for his/her actions didn't seem convincing either. "

" a coming of age story mixed with mischief and fantasy and stark reality. a new author whose next book is definitely worth looking into. "

" I liked this book - sort of a modern day German fairy tale about missing children told from the point of view of a young girl. It had me from the opening line "My life might have been so different, had I not been known as the girl whose grandmother exploded". "

" Interesting, charming, atmospheric mystery. 3 1/2 "

" I was really really liking this book...until I got the end. And then I realized that I maybe didn't like it as much anymore. "

" This book reminded me of To Kill a Mockingbird in many ways. It was great "

" The author's contrivance of folk tales coming to life was deftly accomplished. I found the rest oddly presented, sort of like a toolbox as a centerpiece. It's there, it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense and isn't all that interesting to try. "

" Didn't like the ending at all. "

" I couldn't get past the 2nd chapter - too weird for me! "

" This was a very strange and haunting story. Kept me wanting more. A very good ending. Not what I was expecting. A big turn of events. "

" her first novel. enjoyed reading, although a little predictable "

" So, so fairy tale sinister story. Didn't find it all that scary. "

" I thought this book was pretty good- it was ultimately gripping though at times slow. I did find it kind of bothersome to keep looking up German words but I liked learning about small town German culture. I also liked how this coming of age novel is actually a pretty intriguing murder mystery. "

" My new favorite author! Great humor in a fast-reading horror rejuvenation of a Grimm fairy tale. "

" this book was a little confusing. it seemed like a good young adult book, except that it's kinda gruesome. but in a jokey way. but still. wasn't what i expected, but still a decent book. "

" it was a mysterious but much of a mouth full seriously # did l enjoy this book kinda was it worththn time yes but l wouldnt recomend it "

" Book Club can be hit or miss sometimes, but this one was really great. It was a different twist on a mystery that is wonderfully enriched with a culture of a society and the folklore from it's past. "

" This made me feel like I was reading a YA book in the best possible way. There are some fun sly twists in the secondary plots that I very much enjoyed. "

" The story was really good and I loved the twists and turns because they kept me intrigued but the ending wasn't as good as I thought it would be. "

" I'm flummoxed by the rave reviews! I blame the German words -- they made what's essentially a YA book seem smarter for not being entirely in English. "