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Outside, she could freeze.
Inside, she could die.
Everyone says Mr. and Mrs. Shevvington are lovely people. But Christina knows otherwise. She sees what they are doing: First, they chose Anya. Then, Christina - but Christina was too strong for them...so now it's Dolly, sweet, trusting Dolly.
Poor Dolly. Everyone thinks she is outside somewhere, lost in the snow storm.
But Christina knows Dolly isn't outside. She's inside. Lost somewhere in the Shevvingtons' house. And that's much worse.
Inside, she could die.
Everyone says Mr. and Mrs. Shevvington are lovely people. But Christina knows otherwise. She sees what they are doing: First, they chose Anya. Then, Christina - but Christina was too strong for them...so now it's Dolly, sweet, trusting Dolly.
Poor Dolly. Everyone thinks she is outside somewhere, lost in the snow storm.
But Christina knows Dolly isn't outside. She's inside. Lost somewhere in the Shevvingtons' house. And that's much worse.
200 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1990
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Caroline B. Cooney
125books1,732followersCaroline Cooney knew in sixth grade that she wanted to be a writer when "the best teacher I ever had in my life" made writing her main focus. "He used to rip off covers from The New Yorker and pass them around and make us write a short story on whichever cover we got. I started writing then and never stopped!"
When her children were young, Caroline started writing books for young people -- with remarkable results. She began to sell stories to Seventeen magazine and soon after began writing books. Suspense novels are her favorites to read and write. "In a suspense novel, you can count on action."
To keep her stories realistic, Caroline visits many schools outside of her area, learning more about teenagers all the time. She often organizes what she calls a "plotting game," in which students work together to create plots for stories. Caroline lives in Westbrook, Connecticut and when she's not writing she volunteers at a hospital, plays piano for the school musicals and daydreams!
- Scholastic.com
When her children were young, Caroline started writing books for young people -- with remarkable results. She began to sell stories to Seventeen magazine and soon after began writing books. Suspense novels are her favorites to read and write. "In a suspense novel, you can count on action."
To keep her stories realistic, Caroline visits many schools outside of her area, learning more about teenagers all the time. She often organizes what she calls a "plotting game," in which students work together to create plots for stories. Caroline lives in Westbrook, Connecticut and when she's not writing she volunteers at a hospital, plays piano for the school musicals and daydreams!
- Scholastic.com
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March 6, 2020
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Growing up, the Losing Christina series were probably among my favorite installments of the Point Horror series from Scholastic. I'm so old that when I read them, they hadn't yet been rebranded into Losing Christina, just as the vampire trilogy hadn't yet been renamed Vampire's Promise. I loved Christina-- she was a strong, dreamy, romantic heroine who grew up on an island and had to rise up against the terrifying adults who psychologically tortured young girls like her, getting rich, sadistic pleasure from breaking them until they either died... or went insane.
The premise of these books is incredibly dark and even rereading them as an adult gives me chills. They were even more terrifying as a child, because I couldn't understand why none of the other adults or children would listen to Christina about what was going on. As an adult, I do understand-- it's hard to believe that people are capable of doing terrible things; especially if you might have helped to facilitate those terrible things by supporting and even relating to the people who did them. It's easier to brand the truth as a falsehood when cognitive dissonance challenges your worldview.
Poor Christina finds this out the hard way in THE FOG, when the Shevvingtons make it their business to destroy the beautiful but fragile seventeen-year-old Anya. In THE SNOW, the Shevvingtons turn their attention to the needy and immature Dolly, Christina's best friend from the island. Dolly loves the Shevvingtons and thinks they are wonderful. No matter what Christina tells her, she won't hear anything bad about them. Even when they put her in unsafe positions or make her feel bad about herself, she truly believes that they mean well for her because they are adults.
I've joked in other reviews that this should be called the Gaslighting Christina series because it truly is a series that builds on how the people around you can bully, lie, and manipulate you into thinking that you're the one in the wrong when you're not. As evil as the Shevvingtons are, it's far more terrifying how the other adults in the story listen to them, and how successfully they've groomed the children in the school to carry out their work and act as their minions.
Part of the reason I loved this series so much is because I was bullied when I was Christina's age, and I found it really inspiring to see a girl rise above all that hate and toxicity like granite, even when she felt like she was about to lose all hope. Christina is such a strong heroine, and her flaming personality is a bright candle in all this Gothic gloom. These books seriously need to be rebranded with better covers because they hold up so well. I'd love to see them made into a mini-series the way FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC was. It's such a good, terrifying story and the writing is so lyrical and chilling.
I would honestly recommend this trilogy to anyone. If you have Kindle Unlimited, you can read it for free!
4 stars
March 3, 2023
4.5
The writing style is older than the story. I apparently loved Caroline B. Cooney's poetic writing technique but it's been so long I forgot that. I didn't realize that I should have read The Fog first, ack. Review to come.
The writing style is older than the story. I apparently loved Caroline B. Cooney's poetic writing technique but it's been so long I forgot that. I didn't realize that I should have read The Fog first, ack. Review to come.
January 6, 2017
These just seem a little crazy to me - so many things happening and so few adults care. I'll finish the series, though.
January 10, 2025
Another banger from Caroline B. Cooney. Wasn't quite as fantastic as the first book in the trilogy, The Fog, but it still packed a lot of atmospheric thrills, written only as Cooney can.
I loved all the winter imagery in this. It's a perfect book for January: so many descriptive blizzards, ice skating, snow mazes, and skiing scenes.
Also, a truly wtf ending. Loved it.
Can't wait to finish the series.
I loved all the winter imagery in this. It's a perfect book for January: so many descriptive blizzards, ice skating, snow mazes, and skiing scenes.
Also, a truly wtf ending. Loved it.
Can't wait to finish the series.
November 5, 2023
Spoilers for the first book naturally so...
Christina Romney is only thirteen years old and she believes she has triumphed over the Shevvingtons, her spirit as strong as the granite on her home of Burning Fog Isle.
They made Anya Rothrock, seventeen and beautiful, lose her mind and her own spirit but Christina kept her friend from taking her life out on the rocky cliffs. The other kids at school have been giving Christina less of a tough time for now and she has Jonah Bergeron with a huge crush on her and he may be growing on her too...
Until the day she comes home and finds that there is another person boarding at the Schooner Inne in Anya's room, her old bed occupied by suitcases. It isn't a guest staying at the Inne for the winter but Michael and Benjamin Jaye's little sister, Dolly.
Using his sticky charm, Mr. Shevvington as a principal has bent the rules to have eleven year old Dolly go to the sixth grade on the mainland school instead of Burning Fog Isle. He and his wife claim that her intelligent mind is going to waste there and she should be going to a more fitting school...perhaps to rub off on emotionally unstable Christina with someone closer to her own age.
Christina knows she can stand up to the Shevvingtons so they need someone else of a weaker will and more trusting nature to manipulate...in order to break the spirit and suck out her soul.
Just like they did to Anya, to Valerie, the sister of Robbie from her English class...and who knows how many others before that. No one but Jonah and Robbie believe Christina and any other allies have been sent off by the Shevvingtons.
Anya's beau Blake Lathem: sent away to boarding school.
Miss Schuyler, the math teacher, now works at another school. Her "meddling" led to Mr. Shevvington firing her.
Christina's parents don't believe her nor any of the other kids at school. Dolly on arrival doesn't believe Christina's story about the Shevvingtons either and bonds with the couple as if they were her own parents. Anya still lives at the Inne even though she has dropped out of school and now works in a laundromat, her own parents convinced by the Shevvingtons that it would be good for her.
Mrs. Shevvington still gives Christina a hard time in English and seems to use her "assignments" for her whole class as a way to find out more ways to try and break Christina down...other ways to have people sympathize the "poor island girl" and praise the adults for trying to help her through other parents and teachers.
At home, it is even worse than before. Christina can hear noises down in the cellar and it seems to be the sound of giggling. A sound that is chilling because it is a deep voice filled with insane glee but no one else hears it or even believes there is such a sound...it's all in Christina's troubled brain.
The cold, Maine winter has snow and ice upon the ground and it makes parts of the land dangerous...especially for a little girl like Dolly. Afraid of heights, not fully graceful at her young age...always wanting to be the center of attention. This means everything she tells the Shevvingtons gives them more fuel to destroy Christina and bring about her own downfall.
A little girl who would love to be in bed so she can read all the time and be waited on hand and foot sick from this dreadful cold?
So many ways that could be arranged and Christina now has to save Dolly and herself and try and get Anya back all on her own...
We get a glimpse at other adults besides the Shevvingtons in this book and most of them are so gulled by the awful couple that they seem just as awful. It's very hard to hate Christina's own parents because you can tell how much she loves them but if they never questioned things she did in the first twelve years of her life...why now?
Wouldn't other adults on the Isle have said something beforehand if Christina were troubled or even question why all of a sudden a bright girl like Anya would just fizzle out like she did?
The one adult I end up liking they way I did Miss Schuyler in the first book is Jonah's own mother.
The kids from school are always over at Jonah's house to play in the snow and she gives them hot chocolate...a cozy, loving mom. She does something so special for Christina but I won't spoil it yet it is enough to show you that Jonah must have only judged Christina because that is what most people on the mainland just believe.
It does also paint maybe an unfortunate idea of his father being the one to put those stereotypical ideas in his son's head or perhaps his grandfather on either side?
Still it could just be that love can enough to change your mind along with your heart...
We get to a very eventful third act where there are some twists and reveals that lead us up to an ending that again has shades of happiness but we know that the story is far from being over.
It's the calm after the snowstorm just before everything is about to go down in a blaze but will it be one of glory...or tragedy?
Christina Romney is only thirteen years old and she believes she has triumphed over the Shevvingtons, her spirit as strong as the granite on her home of Burning Fog Isle.
They made Anya Rothrock, seventeen and beautiful, lose her mind and her own spirit but Christina kept her friend from taking her life out on the rocky cliffs. The other kids at school have been giving Christina less of a tough time for now and she has Jonah Bergeron with a huge crush on her and he may be growing on her too...
Until the day she comes home and finds that there is another person boarding at the Schooner Inne in Anya's room, her old bed occupied by suitcases. It isn't a guest staying at the Inne for the winter but Michael and Benjamin Jaye's little sister, Dolly.
Using his sticky charm, Mr. Shevvington as a principal has bent the rules to have eleven year old Dolly go to the sixth grade on the mainland school instead of Burning Fog Isle. He and his wife claim that her intelligent mind is going to waste there and she should be going to a more fitting school...perhaps to rub off on emotionally unstable Christina with someone closer to her own age.
Christina knows she can stand up to the Shevvingtons so they need someone else of a weaker will and more trusting nature to manipulate...in order to break the spirit and suck out her soul.
Just like they did to Anya, to Valerie, the sister of Robbie from her English class...and who knows how many others before that. No one but Jonah and Robbie believe Christina and any other allies have been sent off by the Shevvingtons.
Anya's beau Blake Lathem: sent away to boarding school.
Miss Schuyler, the math teacher, now works at another school. Her "meddling" led to Mr. Shevvington firing her.
Christina's parents don't believe her nor any of the other kids at school. Dolly on arrival doesn't believe Christina's story about the Shevvingtons either and bonds with the couple as if they were her own parents. Anya still lives at the Inne even though she has dropped out of school and now works in a laundromat, her own parents convinced by the Shevvingtons that it would be good for her.
Mrs. Shevvington still gives Christina a hard time in English and seems to use her "assignments" for her whole class as a way to find out more ways to try and break Christina down...other ways to have people sympathize the "poor island girl" and praise the adults for trying to help her through other parents and teachers.
At home, it is even worse than before. Christina can hear noises down in the cellar and it seems to be the sound of giggling. A sound that is chilling because it is a deep voice filled with insane glee but no one else hears it or even believes there is such a sound...it's all in Christina's troubled brain.
The cold, Maine winter has snow and ice upon the ground and it makes parts of the land dangerous...especially for a little girl like Dolly. Afraid of heights, not fully graceful at her young age...always wanting to be the center of attention. This means everything she tells the Shevvingtons gives them more fuel to destroy Christina and bring about her own downfall.
A little girl who would love to be in bed so she can read all the time and be waited on hand and foot sick from this dreadful cold?
So many ways that could be arranged and Christina now has to save Dolly and herself and try and get Anya back all on her own...
We get a glimpse at other adults besides the Shevvingtons in this book and most of them are so gulled by the awful couple that they seem just as awful. It's very hard to hate Christina's own parents because you can tell how much she loves them but if they never questioned things she did in the first twelve years of her life...why now?
Wouldn't other adults on the Isle have said something beforehand if Christina were troubled or even question why all of a sudden a bright girl like Anya would just fizzle out like she did?
The one adult I end up liking they way I did Miss Schuyler in the first book is Jonah's own mother.
The kids from school are always over at Jonah's house to play in the snow and she gives them hot chocolate...a cozy, loving mom. She does something so special for Christina but I won't spoil it yet it is enough to show you that Jonah must have only judged Christina because that is what most people on the mainland just believe.
It does also paint maybe an unfortunate idea of his father being the one to put those stereotypical ideas in his son's head or perhaps his grandfather on either side?
Still it could just be that love can enough to change your mind along with your heart...
We get to a very eventful third act where there are some twists and reveals that lead us up to an ending that again has shades of happiness but we know that the story is far from being over.
It's the calm after the snowstorm just before everything is about to go down in a blaze but will it be one of glory...or tragedy?
May 11, 2023
Another lesson in psychological warfare and gaslighting.
The story carries on, this time Dolly gets into the fangs of the Shevvingtons. But Christina shows signs of weakening too. She's jealous but luckily she gets a grip on herself.
It's just astonishing what teachers and headmasters were allowed in this book (taking pupils to ski trip, comforting them, demanding dance lessons)...
The writing is quite simply but engaging.
With this ending, I have no idea what is really going on. Is Christina right or wrong???
The story carries on, this time Dolly gets into the fangs of the Shevvingtons. But Christina shows signs of weakening too. She's jealous but luckily she gets a grip on herself.
It's just astonishing what teachers and headmasters were allowed in this book (taking pupils to ski trip, comforting them, demanding dance lessons)...
The writing is quite simply but engaging.
With this ending, I have no idea what is really going on. Is Christina right or wrong???
November 29, 2007
I liked the second book, Snow a lot better than the first book of the series Fog. The plot of the story is crazy and very strange. The book is about a few island kids having to live on the mainland with their principal and his wife, a teacher. Crazy things happen in the house and the story is very twisted (I don't want to give the ending away). Even though I feel closer to this book than Fog because I've read more about the story I feel that the way Cooney is writing these books, leaves you not that emotional. There is some emotion for example, when things go wrong you do feel the fright. As a reader, I just expected more emotion, and descriptive detail to be put into this book. Even through the negatives I love this book because when I start reading I zone everything else out, and I enter the world of Maine and be one of the kids living with the prinicipal.
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January 17, 2019I found this book thrilling and exciting. At the end of the previous book, a new character was introduced to the series, and 14 year old Christiana (the protagonist) is sure that Mr and Mrs Shevvington are going to do something horrible to young, innocent Dolly. In this book Christina soon discovers that Dolly is actually very fond and trusting of the Shevvingtons, who believe Christina is a problem child, which causes Christiana to be split. She wants to help Dolly, but at the same time she needs to keep her distances to stay safe. In the end, Dolly is lost and no one can find her, which, according to the Shevvingtons, means that Christiana has something to do with it. Christina ends up saving Dolly and herself, but Christina is still in danger.
February 22, 2020
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August 23, 2021
The second book in the series continued the plot well.
May 14, 2010
Winter time has come. Christina may have avoided the Shevvington once, but can she do it again. This time there is more at stake. A sixth grader has become the new primarily targets for this sinister couple. How will this little girl full of determination faced enemies hidden in a admiring yet fake curtain secretly doing ill deeds every year.
A great children's book. I made not be the best writer, but I know that this book appeals to me due to its childish yet compelling content of trying to defeat something that is more difficult than it can be imagined. There has always been this thought in my head. How does a child win against adults who are well known for their "so" called facades of benevolence, their charm and ability to put blame on a scapegoat, all planned, all done very effectively. Some things that I have thought of was to bring up evidence that would surely proof it. It shows the spirit of certain children who know their own moral values and put up a struggle against foes who the public most referred to.
A great children's book. I made not be the best writer, but I know that this book appeals to me due to its childish yet compelling content of trying to defeat something that is more difficult than it can be imagined. There has always been this thought in my head. How does a child win against adults who are well known for their "so" called facades of benevolence, their charm and ability to put blame on a scapegoat, all planned, all done very effectively. Some things that I have thought of was to bring up evidence that would surely proof it. It shows the spirit of certain children who know their own moral values and put up a struggle against foes who the public most referred to.
August 18, 2007
found a copy of this at a beach house and decided to make it my "beach week reading." the two-star review doesn't reflect the reading experience completely, though. the story was banal enough, but Cooney's writing style was priceless!! every single paragraph contained at least one ridiculous/hilarious simile, the best one being:
"Christina's eyes frosted, as if it had snowed in her brain."
I still remember that sentence, as if it were branded on my cerebellum. seriously. 'snow' wins.
"Christina's eyes frosted, as if it had snowed in her brain."
I still remember that sentence, as if it were branded on my cerebellum. seriously. 'snow' wins.
June 15, 2015
Anya appears to be safe from the Shevvingtons, even though she's still at the inn. However, they have a new surprise - Michael and Benj's sister, Dolly, has come to the mainland a year early. And the Shevvingtons have their next victim.
Everyone is convinced Christina is extremely paranoid. But when Dolly's life is in danger again and again, Christina knows she's the only one that can stand in the Shevvingtons' way. Will she succeed?
Again, suspenseful. The other characters don't believe Christina when she tries to draw attention to the Shevvingtons' behavior.
Everyone is convinced Christina is extremely paranoid. But when Dolly's life is in danger again and again, Christina knows she's the only one that can stand in the Shevvingtons' way. Will she succeed?
Again, suspenseful. The other characters don't believe Christina when she tries to draw attention to the Shevvingtons' behavior.
March 5, 2012
I think that the Shevvinton's are terrible people. The other characters may not see it but Christina does.This book was suspenceful and I love it.I think Christina is a funny and amazing person, dangerous but amazing. I loved this book a lot a lot a lot.I can't wait till I read the next one. :)
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March 5, 2013The Shevvingtons' motive still hasn't been revealed, tho a few other 'mysteries' have been. Certain descriptions were quite repetitive (Christina's tri-colored hair; Mrs Shevvingtons' 'corn cob' teeth, etc.)
February 16, 2015
This book was a great addition to the first book. It involves more characters that Christina cares about, and makes Christina realize that a Anya can be saved. But will Christina figure out the truth of who the Shevvingtons are trying to get to?
February 25, 2015
I've read this book half a dozen times, and it amazes me that Caroline B. Cooney manages to make me so scared of her characters. The wet suit character fills me with dread and causes my blood to pulse in my veins. She is a master of suspense!
February 6, 2008
Another book in the Losing Christina series.
Absolutely wonderful!!!
Absolutely wonderful!!!
April 30, 2008
creepy but good.
March 23, 2009
LOVED IT FROM START TO END
November 7, 2012
It's really the same as the first just with a new victim. Still an enjoyable thriller.
September 6, 2014
This series is a real page turner
December 7, 2014
Really enjoyed this - as good as I remember
March 8, 2023
Fun little Point Horror book
April 22, 2018
Another childhood reread... I first read this when I was in sixth grade, starting at a new school like Christina. It was one of my introductions into YA horror, which became my favorite genre over the next few years.
Reading it as an adult as been illuminating. This book, second in the trilogy, continues with the gaslighting of Christina by the English teacher and school principal who are boarding all the island children for the school year. Christina is trying to take care of Anya (who lost much of her mental capacity in The Fog), as well as sixth grader Dolly, who was brought over to the mainland for the second semester. But at this point, the Shevvingtons are no longer just using Christina’s oppositional outbursts against her. Now they’re framing her (burning all of her clothes and claiming that she did it) and putting her in direct danger. Christina lives up to each challenge, losing more and more support from her family and friends. But she holds out. By the end, however, she recognizes that even if she wins the battle, the Shevvingtons are still winning the war.
Dolly and Anya fascinate me the most in this one. In Anya’s lucid moments, she outright recognizes that the Shevvingtons are enemies, which did not occur in the prior book. Dolly, meanwhile, assists in the gaslighting. For example, she’s there when Mrs Bergeron gives Christina ski clothes. When Christina shows up wearing jeans and her usual coat (because she gave hers to Anya), however, Dolly asks whether Christina was just making up that she had a new ski suit. It gives the Shevvingtons more opportunity undermine Christina and paint her as a lying, jealous child. It’s hard to understand whether Dolly is intentionally hurtful, or if it’s just playing out this way. By the end, even Christina doubts they will ever truly be friends again because of all the harm from he Shevvingtons playing one off the other.
This is definitely a fun psychological read, though simplistic and very late �80s/early �90s. But it’s a fun jaunt down memory lane for me as a reader.
Reading it as an adult as been illuminating. This book, second in the trilogy, continues with the gaslighting of Christina by the English teacher and school principal who are boarding all the island children for the school year. Christina is trying to take care of Anya (who lost much of her mental capacity in The Fog), as well as sixth grader Dolly, who was brought over to the mainland for the second semester. But at this point, the Shevvingtons are no longer just using Christina’s oppositional outbursts against her. Now they’re framing her (burning all of her clothes and claiming that she did it) and putting her in direct danger. Christina lives up to each challenge, losing more and more support from her family and friends. But she holds out. By the end, however, she recognizes that even if she wins the battle, the Shevvingtons are still winning the war.
Dolly and Anya fascinate me the most in this one. In Anya’s lucid moments, she outright recognizes that the Shevvingtons are enemies, which did not occur in the prior book. Dolly, meanwhile, assists in the gaslighting. For example, she’s there when Mrs Bergeron gives Christina ski clothes. When Christina shows up wearing jeans and her usual coat (because she gave hers to Anya), however, Dolly asks whether Christina was just making up that she had a new ski suit. It gives the Shevvingtons more opportunity undermine Christina and paint her as a lying, jealous child. It’s hard to understand whether Dolly is intentionally hurtful, or if it’s just playing out this way. By the end, even Christina doubts they will ever truly be friends again because of all the harm from he Shevvingtons playing one off the other.
This is definitely a fun psychological read, though simplistic and very late �80s/early �90s. But it’s a fun jaunt down memory lane for me as a reader.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 16, 2020
A sequel better than the original
If I was able to give this book 4.5 stars, I would. If only ŷ and Amazon allowed such a thing. This sequel picked up right where the first book left off and suspense lurked in every single chapter. Most of the chapters are short, concise, and leaves you wanting to turn the page to find out what happens next. I thoroughly enjoyed this book from beginning to end, and I'm curious as to what happens in the third installment that I will be reading VERY soon.
An old friend of Christina Romney's comes to the mainland to live with her at the Shevvington's house. (Slight spoiler alert!) Dolly Jaye appears at the end of the first book, creating an intriguing twist, but I was curious how it would play out in the sequel. In the first book, Christina remembered Dolly very fondly and Dolly would send her tapes (Yes, the late 80s and early 90s were very prehistoric times) to keep her updated on the happenings of the Island they lived. Christina missed Dolly and looked at her as her only friend, so I thought she would be a help to Christina in her fight against the Shevvingtons, but no. Dolly, much like everyone else was caught up in the Shevvington's cult-like charm, so Christina was once again on her own.
The twist at the ending was interesting. It was one that caught me off guard, and now it feels like we're back to square one. Book 3 has a tough act to follow with this book, but I hope it finds a way to finish this series in the best way possible.
Side note: I love how Caroline B. Cooney prominently used similies that fit the snow theme of the book. I'm not sure if it was the same case in the first one with its Fog theme, but I'll be paying close attention to any Fire themed similies and metaphors in Book 3.
If I was able to give this book 4.5 stars, I would. If only ŷ and Amazon allowed such a thing. This sequel picked up right where the first book left off and suspense lurked in every single chapter. Most of the chapters are short, concise, and leaves you wanting to turn the page to find out what happens next. I thoroughly enjoyed this book from beginning to end, and I'm curious as to what happens in the third installment that I will be reading VERY soon.
An old friend of Christina Romney's comes to the mainland to live with her at the Shevvington's house. (Slight spoiler alert!) Dolly Jaye appears at the end of the first book, creating an intriguing twist, but I was curious how it would play out in the sequel. In the first book, Christina remembered Dolly very fondly and Dolly would send her tapes (Yes, the late 80s and early 90s were very prehistoric times) to keep her updated on the happenings of the Island they lived. Christina missed Dolly and looked at her as her only friend, so I thought she would be a help to Christina in her fight against the Shevvingtons, but no. Dolly, much like everyone else was caught up in the Shevvington's cult-like charm, so Christina was once again on her own.
The twist at the ending was interesting. It was one that caught me off guard, and now it feels like we're back to square one. Book 3 has a tough act to follow with this book, but I hope it finds a way to finish this series in the best way possible.
Side note: I love how Caroline B. Cooney prominently used similies that fit the snow theme of the book. I'm not sure if it was the same case in the first one with its Fog theme, but I'll be paying close attention to any Fire themed similies and metaphors in Book 3.
March 10, 2018
This was a little more creepy than the first book. The story continues to hold my interest however, there seem like there was some disconnect between this book and the last. When mentioning events from the previous book, what they said happened and the feelings behind them were different from what I had read. The characters also acted slightly differently than the last book as well as there opinions on certain events. This fact and the increase disagreeableness towards the main character caused me to be more irritated with this book than the last. I also felt that Christina seemed to only make her problems worse by not knowing when to talk and when to be silent. This was addressed in the book which was nice to notice and which will hopefully mean some character development that will allow me to forgive that annoying aspect. I will certainly read the last book but I am a little apprehensive due to the listed issues.
December 27, 2024
The same creepy atmosphere as Fog, but I liked it slightly more because Christina is less tossed around by fate and more active in trying to puzzle out what’s going on and also protect others from the evil Shevvingtons—even people who don’t believe her or who treat her badly. She stands up for people that she doesn’t even like, not in an annoyingly noble way but just because she refuses to let the bad guys beat down even unpleasant people. It’s made her a lot more likable to me.
(Cross posted from Storygraph)
(Cross posted from Storygraph)
March 13, 2020
The second book in the series, it continues where the first left off. I remember this one being my favorite out the trilogy. It's super creepy and foreboding. I've always thought that winter time, with it's below freezing temperatures and snow covered stillness, was the scariest time of the year. Christina continues to be a strong, no nonsense character. She's figured out some mysteries, but there are more answers to uncover in the third, and final, book.
August 13, 2021
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The allure of the first book has worn off. This is not really a fault of the author; the circumstances that I found the Fog in and the head-space I was in was a perfect storm to make me fall in love with that kid's horror novel. But when reading Snow (or The Snow), the themes and concepts I mostly enjoyed were ignored in favor of more standard drama and scares.
While I think this series would be good for the target demographic, I am just not that.
The allure of the first book has worn off. This is not really a fault of the author; the circumstances that I found the Fog in and the head-space I was in was a perfect storm to make me fall in love with that kid's horror novel. But when reading Snow (or The Snow), the themes and concepts I mostly enjoyed were ignored in favor of more standard drama and scares.
While I think this series would be good for the target demographic, I am just not that.
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