The+Butterfly+Clues+Katie+Gallagher



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Penelope Marin (aka Lo) is a quirky junior in high school that acts a lot older than her age. She has a very intense case of OCD. Some of the "things" she does include counting only to numbers with three as a factor, saying the word banana and taping three times before entering a room, as well as rearranging things until they are perfect in her mind. Lo is also a "collector" which is another word for kleptomaniac. One day Lo is in the wrong place at the wrong time and got caught in the middle of a murder case. She feels a connection with the victim so she continues to investigate on her own throughout the book.
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All in all I thought this book was entertaining and worth reading, but definitely not one of my favorites. The story was unique, so it captured my attention, but the writing was not exceptional. Some of the parts when Lo goes off in her OCD world are especially confusing when it comes to how the author wrote. But, I also enjoyed some aspects of Kate Ellison's writing because her descriptions were short and to the point. The book ended up being surprisingly gory in some parts, which scared me. The ending was a bit predictable, but there were quite a few twists and turns throughout the story. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes stories with an off-kilter main character.
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