One Mistake

by Joanna Hines

Ben's sister is in a mess - she's being blackmailed and he's the only one she can trust. But when he tries to help he realises that she may have been involved in a grisly murder. Can he help her get out of trouble? Or will the police be more interested in his past?

119 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Izzy · Rating 4 out of 5]

read as a child - approx '09-'12

[Stephen Alff (AlffBooks) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very quick read, easy to read but parts of it are quite cliché. It's a nice little book if you are looking for something that is not very complicated and something you don't need too much brainpower to compute. I do realize that I am not in the intended audience(age group) as I believe this is a middle grade book but it is nice to read something short that one can finish within a day.
I find the characters lack a bit of development, they could be more detailed out to be that little bit more realistic. I still enjoyed reading it and would recommend it to people in their teens.

[Moa · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story was quite good, but the english was really simple and repetetive. I don't really get that, because the language makes you think the book was made for older kids/ beginners at English, but the story is "grown-up". Not really my cup of tea.

Besides, you don't really get to know the characters, which could be explained by the fact that the book is quite short, but I think the writer could've described them a bit better. Over all, this was a quick and easy summer read whick didn't really involve a lot of thinking.

2.2/5 stars

[Jynx · Rating 4 out of 5]

I finished this in less than an hour, but thoroughly enjoyed it!

[Angela · Rating 1 out of 5]

I can sum this one up in one word: lame...followed by: boring, tedious, predictable and yawn.