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"Full of tension, mystery and real-life drama, Dark Ride is not to be missed." --Chicklish
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A mysterious boy. A haunting secret ...
A shiver crawled up my spine. It felt like the loneliest place in the world. For a second
I thought I caught a snatch of music in the air, but it was just the wind whistling
through cracks in the fairground hoardings.
My instincts screamed, `Run away, Bel! Run away and never return!'
But instead my fingers closed around the ticket in my pocket. ADMIT ONE.
Bel has never met anyone like Luka. And the day she follows him into the abandoned fairground, she is totally unprepared for the turn her life is about to take.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bel and her mother have moved to Slumpton, an English seaside town that has seen better days. Worse is that they've moved without Bel's father. Feeling angry and out-of-place, Bel begins to explore the grey town that she's sure she could never call home. Then a mysterious boy leads her to a disused fairground. Gradually, Bel gets to know the boy, Luka, and things start looking up for her. But who is Luka really, and what is the connection between him, the spooky fairground and Slumpton's dark secrets? And could Bel and Luka's relationship lead to problems... or even danger?
The setting of this novel is practically a character in its own right. Slumpton is so well described that I could picture it clearly, and I could feel the creepy atmosphere of the run-down fairground. Bel's sense of alienation and loneliness in her new town comes across equally vividly. I was drawn into her life from the first page and I felt for her and her family troubles. It's very understandable that she's attracted to the mysterious Luka, and I loved the tentative way their unlikely friendship developed and changed circumstances for both of them.
Full of tension, mystery and real-life drama, Dark Ride is not to be missed. Recommended for readers aged 10+.
The setting of this novel is practically a character in its own right. Slumpton is so well described that I could picture it clearly, and I could feel the creepy atmosphere of the run-down fairground. Bel's sense of alienation and loneliness in her new town comes across equally vividly. I was drawn into her life from the first page and I felt for her and her family troubles. It's very understandable that she's attracted to the mysterious Luka, and I loved the tentative way their unlikely friendship developed and changed circumstances for both of them.
Full of tension, mystery and real-life drama, Dark Ride is not to be missed. Recommended for readers aged 10+.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Caroline Green's Dark Ride is a supernatural thriller set in a broken down seaside town that could be anywhere. Anyone who knows the British coast at all knows those salty cafes that sell nescafe and those deserted fairgrounds where the wind blows rubbish through them. This is the stage for Dark Ride and Green gets it absolutely bang on. Sitting in deft layers on top of this are stories of heartbreaking teenage love, family break-ups, urban disintegration, and grown-up stuff like covert slave-labour rings. There's also a corking cameo of a guitar-playing Dad in a Ramones T-shirt who can never quite get anything right. I mention this because, as with the scenery, Green gets her characters absolutely spot on in ways that can be deeply moving. My favourite though is her irresistible heroine Bel, who despite being a typical gobby teenager, has real depth in her soul, a real conscience and a wonderful palette of jumbled-up but nonetheless deadly serious ethical values. In that respect Bel is Dark Ride because - without spoiling the plot - if we didn't care about her and her highly unorthodox love affair, this would just be another feisty young adult novel. But we find ourselves deeply involved in Bel's insecurities while Green wraps her splendid story telling around a robust moral centre. A truly lovely book in so many ways, not least that Green is a proper writer who, if there is any justice, will publish many more books like this.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Dark Ride is a very clever ghost story with lots of extra interest! I loved the run-down seaside setting, and the descriptions of the scary abandoned fairground. Serious issues - family breakup, human trafficking, urban degeneration and Council corruption - are handled with a light, but deft, touch. And I was impressed by the tone and voice of main character Bel - stroppy, yet vulnerable - a totally believable teenager. I'd recommend this to readers of any age
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great characters and an intriguing mystery.
I really liked this one. Caroline Green managed to capture my attention from the first chapter - it's fun, has great characters and an intriguing mystery. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Sammee, I Want To Read That
Great read, don't miss out!
Dark Ride is only a little book, at just under 200 pages l thought this book would be a nice little quick average read. Dark Ride is actually so much more than that! Read more
Published 10 months ago by Jodzie
A dark and exciting ride
When Bel moves to the seaside town of Slumpton with her mother she isn't happy. She didn't want to leave her friends behind but worse of all her father hasn't come with them. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Sarah Gibson
Dark Ride
BOOK REVIEW BY SAM AGE 9
Plot
The story is based on a girl who moves to Slumpton who finds a mysterious boy who is a ghostly figure. Read more
Plot
The story is based on a girl who moves to Slumpton who finds a mysterious boy who is a ghostly figure. Read more
Published 11 months ago by B. P. Hewson
DARK RIDE REVIEW
DARK RIDE
By Caroline Green
BOOK REVIEW BY MATTHEW AGE 12
"A SHIVER CRAWLED UP MY SPINE. IT FELT LIKE THE LONLIEST PLACE IN THE WORLD. Read more
By Caroline Green
BOOK REVIEW BY MATTHEW AGE 12
"A SHIVER CRAWLED UP MY SPINE. IT FELT LIKE THE LONLIEST PLACE IN THE WORLD. Read more
Published 11 months ago by MATTHEW
MAY WELL BE A FUTURE CLASSIC...
I bought this for my twelve year nephew who loved the book and read it in one day - after which I read it myself. Read more
Published 11 months ago by lucycat
A sophisticated and edge-of-your-seat page-turner for teenagers
Caroline Green has written a sophisticated and edge-of-your-seat page-turner for teenagers. This book kept me hooked until the end, and I related to the characters (even though... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Delilah
great book, brilliant storyline.
This book is a personal favourite of mine, a great read. Being pretty much bang in the middle of the target audience, I found it a read that pushed my mind, but didn't stretch it... Read more
Published 12 months ago by therequestreviewer
A compelling mystery
I bought this book on a recommendation and loved it. A brilliant first book from the author. It's a real page turner with a pacy story and very strong characters. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Night Rider
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