The Mystery of Alice

13 year old students are involved in the disappearance of one of the group at an exclusive private school. ( )

It has a great ending, but u feel like the premise is very familiar. New though to the YA kids of today. Has a great cast ( Audible) and I recommend it for boys and girls 12-17. (Any older might get bored and solve it early ) ( )

This was a decent story told from an entirely inappropriate age, the characters were 13 in middle school, making so many of the details impossible and therefore I listened in disbelief. I have really bright kids (13 and 16), but they wouldn’t know to set up an LLC and how to use offshore accounts to hide the ownership of the LLC. Just an example. Told by high school juniors—maybe I could make the leap. Two-1/2 stars. Good story, bad details. ( )

YA Revenge of the Nerds meets YA American Psycho
Review of the Audible Audio audiobook (2019)

The plot matter here seemed well beyond the skills of 13-year-olds, particularly so in the final revelation. There are certainly a lot of precocious teenagers these days and certainly they are quick to pick up on technology and social media but the conspiracy behind The Mystery of Alice seemed so far beyond middle-schoolers and so unrealistic that it really dropped the overall book rating here. Otherwise this might have been a fun YA mystery.

The vocal performances were well done, especially since they were adult actors performing the child voice roles and both Emily's and Alice's problem solving skills at the front end were certainly entertaining. Emily's word inventions were also a fun quirky tic.

The Mystery of Alice was an Audible Originals free audiobook for members in May 2019. It is now available for a standard price. ( )

Definitely a Teen Read - good performance for audio - interesting but predictable to a degree - the rest is creepy teenage stuff ( )