Bibliography
Carter, Ally. I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then
I'd Have to Kill You. New York: Hyperion for Children, 2006. Ebook.
Summary
Cammie Morgan is just like any other 15-year old
girl. She has best friends, she worries about what she wears, she has a crush
on a boy named Josh, and she attends a school that trains girls to be spies.
Due to the secretive nature of her all girls’ school, she is not allowed to
tell Josh about what she studies, or that her parents are former spies
themselves. She builds a relationship with Josh based on lies, and it is only a
matter of time before the lies catch up to her.
Critical
Analysis
I’d
Tell You I Love You, but Then I’d Have to Kill You
would not be classified as a traditional mystery, even though the story is
about spies in training. The plot contains suspense, but never leads the reader
through a journey of solving a mystery. The biggest mystery the book contains
is whether or not Cammie will tell Josh the truth about her life as a spy in
training, but this is more conflict resolution. Since this novel is the first
in a seven part series, it is almost as if this first novel was all about
setting up and giving the framework for future mysteries in the other
novels.
Strengths
and Weaknesses
The strength of this novel is that it is the first
part of a series. It does engage the readers with the characters and setting of
the novel, and leaves some storylines unfinished so the reader wants to read
more. Also, the novel is written is an easy-to-read conversational manner,
which makes the story interesting and easy to follow. One of the biggest
weaknesses of the novel is being able to relate to the main character. Cammie
is extremely intelligent, but in a way that can be off-putting to the reader, and
her friends are the same way. Honestly, I was more annoyed by the main
characters than anything else, but I could easily see young adults enjoying
this book.
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