The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin is about 16 heirs trying to figure out who murdered Samuel Westing to get everything he owned. The residents of Sunset Towers, who are the heirs to Mr. Westing’s fortune must figure out the carefully crafted clues given to them by Samuel Westing’s chosen lawyer at the reading of his will to figure out the murderer. The heirs work in pairs, each pair gave an envelope with words leading to the answer. But, everyone is not who they seem. Jake Wexler, Mrs. Hoo, Turtle Wexler, Flora Baumbach, Chris Theodorakis, Dr. Deere, Sandy McSouthers, Judge Ford, Grace Wexler, Mr.Hoo, Crow, Otis Amber, Theo Theodorakis, Doug Hoo, Ms.Pulaski, and Angela Wexler must be careful because “It’s not what you have, it’s what you don’t that counts.” This twisting mystery novel in the first person point of view is a fantastic example of its genre because it is a confusing head aching book, and the answer to the mystery is not at all what you would expect.
This book is a page-turner for everybody. It progressively draws you into the story and the mystery. It has many plot twists and a couple of red herrings, and you would never expect the answer at the end, but it was really fun to try and solve the mystery. The only flaw in this book is it is pretty confusing. I had to constantly write things down to understand the story. But, I still enjoyed this book very much, and the humor isn’t bad either. As I said before, this book can be read by any type of reader. But, it is definitely more of a middle school book because it has some more challenging words, and it’s also a murder mystery.
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