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Mary: The Summoning - Community Reviews back

by Hillary Monahan
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Sci-Fi & Scary
Sci-Fi & Scary rated it 7 years ago
Source: Library Mary: The Summoning does the Bloody Mary legend good. Hillary Monahan moves the story along with a purpose, and by the time you’re done with the first book, you need the second one on-hand immediately. (I’ve already reserved the second book at the library.) We do get a complete sto...
Sci-Fi & Scary
Sci-Fi & Scary rated it 8 years ago
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Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus
Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus rated it 9 years ago
Some of the aspects, like the building up of suspense and plot, were truly well done. I had a hard time coping with the narrator's best friend, though. It was a good idea to use Shauna as a narrator for a couple reasons. One being that the plot would have been far different if she'd narrated, ...
KizunaYueMichaelis
KizunaYueMichaelis rated it 9 years ago
Unfortunately it fails to be a scary book. Sure, Mary is constantly there, in the mirror, in any glass, in the bathroom, but although I know she is, and the girls know they are hunted by her, it is not scary. The writing was off. I never felt thrilled nor a bit of excitement with Mary on the picture...
TsalagiWriter
TsalagiWriter rated it 10 years ago
There is a right way and a wrong way to summon Bloody Mary. And Jess knows how to do it. She's done her research and convinced her friends to do it along with her.Shauna is excited at first about the chance they may actually see Bloody Mary. But when it actually happens, it's pretty scary and is eno...
Books With Bite
Books With Bite rated it 10 years ago
As a little girl this game was always played at many slumber parties. I remember one time someone double-dared me to do it. I did it but man on the third time I said her name, I bolted towards the door. LOL! I don’t think I have ever been so scared in my life. When I think back at it, I realized ho...
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality!
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality! rated it 10 years ago
"The whole thing felt eerie, despite my logical reasoning that the summoning was ridiculous. I'd played Bloody Mary at slumber parties with these same girls when we were twelve. Trying again in high school seemed a waste of time--but there was a strange exhilaration to it, too." This is a well wr...
Pages of Slytherin
Pages of Slytherin rated it 10 years ago
I give this book 3.5 stars for originality of an urban legend I have heard a million different versions of and whether they be true or false this was a good take on it, but I couldn't get over how this was written and how mary was described as being . The characters I thought who experienced an enco...
Senator Recommends
Senator Recommends rated it 10 years ago
"Mary: The Summoning" is spooky and creepy -- when it wants to be. Unfortunately, there's a lot for readers to slog through to get to those spine-tingling moments.
YA Anonymous
YA Anonymous rated it 10 years ago
I had a friend that lived across the street from me, growing up. She dared me to call Bloody Mary. I did and was TERRIFIED! My Mom was PISSED! This book brings Bloody Mary to life! It was just a s creepy as I'd hoped it'd be! This is a perfect read for Halloween or any other time you feel like dredg...
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