by Stefan Petrucha
This book is full of action from beginning to end. You follow a boy named Carver on his journey to find his father. Meanwhile Jack the Ripper is terrorizing the town. Clues to finding his father lead up to Jack the Ripper. Could the Ripper really be his father? As you get deeper into the book you wi...
This review can also be found on my blog. The introduction to the book throws you in to the plot. It was a great start to the novel.The mystery kept me on my toes. Petrucha did an amazing job detailing the story. It definitely felt like a cat and mouse chase. Having the story narrated in third pers...
The plot progresses quickly with lots of exciting turns. This is obvious considering that at the beginning of the book Carver is in an orphanage and eventually ends up chasing Jack the Ripper. Along the way Carver meets future president Roosevelt, lives in an asylum and researches in a secret underg...
This book was very entertaining. It was a new take a Jack the Ripper. I love reading anything about Jack the Ripper because let's face it, he is very interesting to read about. This book is about what happened to Jack after the Whitechapel murders. After Jack finished terrorizing London, he came to ...
Decent read. I liked the incorporation of actual historical figures (yay for Teddy Roosevelt) and I love anything Jack-the-Ripperesque. Very unrealistic characters, & I called the twist at about the 50% mark. But still fun.
4 frosted brownies.Cover Love: Yes. I really like this cover. I like the colors and the silhouette of Carver running. It just really works for me.Why I Wanted to Read This Book: I saw a few blurbs about it and wanted to know more. Plus Jack the Ripper is fascinating to me.Read the rest of my r...
Stefan Petrucha's Ripper is the story of Carver who has always wanted to become a detective. Then Carver is adopted by the mysterious Detective Hawking and is finally given the opportunity to look for his biological father.I really enjoyed Ripper and found it hard to put this book down until I solve...
True confession time: when my name was called at Penguin's "What's Coming" panel at San Diego Comic-Con last month, I was a little disappointed, as just a few books earlier, they had an early release of the latest Dresden Files book, which wasn't yet out in stores. Still, the idea of an upper-middle...
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