The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics) by Ellen Raskin
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Book Reviews of The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Book Review: A Clever Mystery
Summary: 4 Stars
The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin, is brilliantly told in 216 pages.
The story begins when a salesman, Barney Northrup, rents six appartments to specially selected people. "They were mothers and fathers and children. A dressmaker, a secretary, an inventor, a doctor, a judge. One was a bookie, one was a burglar, one was a bomber, and one was a mistake." All these people rent appartments in the Sunset Towers, which is a window- covered building on Lake Michigan. One day, sixteen characters, most living in Sunset Towers, unexpectedly receive an invitation to the reading of Sam Westing's will. The sixteen people are very perplexed because they don't know why they were chosen to go to the reading of the will, yet excited because Sam Westing was a very wealthy man. Much confusion builds up when the chosen people find out they are in a game to win Westing's two hundred million dollars. In order to win the game, the contestant must figure out who murdered Sam Westing. The murderer isn't just anyone, but is actually one of the sixteen contestants.
Anyone who enjoys solving games and puzzles is sure to love The Westing Game. The Westing Game is filled with many clever clues leading the reader closer to solving the mystery. This book is very funny and interesting.
Book Review: Its all a game!
Summary: 4 Stars
REVIEWED BY LUCKY THE LEPRACHAUN
I would give The Westing Game a rating of 7.5/10 stars, 10 being the best. This is a good book for mystery lovers, and suspense seekers. I would recommend this book to those kinds of people. However, if you're one of those people who like to guess the plot, you'll have a hard time with this story. You never know what will happen, or who will who will do what. Every page is a mystery down to the very last few pages. So if this sounds like you, pick up this book
The game starts out with all the Heirs of a large fortune of money all being sold apartments in the same building. But one was sold to the heir that is planning on murdering Sam Westing, the one holding the fortune. He is murdered, and the game begins. Everyone is given different clues, and must work hard to earn the fortune. They work through snow-ins, lies, deceit, food bombs and burglaries, and try to win The Westing Game. Who will win? Find out for yourself and read The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin.
Book Review: Darnika's Review
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is kinda confusing at the beginning of the book, But once you start reading the book it gets better and better.The book is good to me I love the way Samuel W. Westings plays his game. He make i seems like he dead and they have to find out who his murderer, But really he's not dead. And his lawyer have a meeting with sixteen heirs who stay in the apartment that he owns and the heirs have to play a game to figure out who killed sam Westing.The books makes you wanna solve the mystery yourself, you should read it yourself. I think you'll love it, When i read it and finished it I wanted to read it again but it wouldn't of been good as the first time.I would turtle (i mean tell you who won the game but you wouldn't get as much details as i did!Book Review: The Westing Game Review
Summary: 4 Stars
By: Sundip
This book is an interesting one. Mr. Westing leaves a will and a ver unusual one. This will is a game, which involves winning a lot of money. 16 specfic people are invited to live in the Sunset Towers and all of them are the heirs of Mr. Westing. This 16 people are the players of this game. In this book there is more than one mystery. You have to find out who the bomber, theif, and more are. Turtle is a "brat" that allows kicks people in the shin if they pull her braid. She is a very smart girl and everyone thinks that she is the bomber but it turns out that the "goody-good" is the bomber. Mr. Westing owned a very big mansion. This mansion was near the Sunset Towers. The mansion was in Westingtown.
Book Review: Cornwall NY 6th grader
Summary: 4 Stars
I am a sixth grader. The Westing Game is an awesome book. I liked this book because of the different chain of events that happen to the characters. From unexpected bombs to a thief in the house, the events are really exciting. When I read this book I had to really think about who committed the crimes because the clues kept pointing to different people each time. What I did not like about this book was that sometimes it was really confusing between which characters were talking. The funniest part of this book was that Turtle (one of the characters in the story.)always kicked people in the shins if they pulled one of her pigtails. These are my reasons why I liked this book.