"Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?"
When this peculiar ad appears in the newspaper, dozens of children enroll to take a series of mysterious, mind-bending tests. (And you, dear reader, can test your wits right alongside them.) But in the end just four very special children will succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and resourceful children could complete. To accomplish it they will have to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.
As our heroes face physical and mental trials beyond their wildest imaginations, they have no choice but to turn to each other for support. But with their newfound friendship at stake, will they be able to pass the most important test of all?
When this peculiar ad appears in the newspaper, dozens of children enroll to take a series of mysterious, mind-bending tests. (And you, dear reader, can test your wits right alongside them.) But in the end just four very special children will succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and resourceful children could complete. To accomplish it they will have to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.
As our heroes face physical and mental trials beyond their wildest imaginations, they have no choice but to turn to each other for support. But with their newfound friendship at stake, will they be able to pass the most important test of all?
*Spoilers*
The Mysterious Benedict Society is a fiction novel by Trenton Lee Stewart. This novel follows four young kids, ranging in age (which I won’t give because that is an interesting bit at the end), who are all in some way or another without a family and peculiarly intelligent. They all decide to take these tests, not really knowing what they are for or much about them at all really. Reynie, Sticky, Constance, and Kate are the only 4 out of hundreds who pass and are brought to Mr. Benedict who informs them that the world is in danger. They go undercover at this Institute for intelligent children whose Headmaster, Mr. Curtain, is beginning to control the minds of the world. I won’t get into how it ends or the process of it all because it is really complicated and needs to be read to be understood.
This story is a bit strange and confusing at times but it is so well written. I absolutely loved it. I normally read novels that are more similar to my life or what I hope my life will be and this is no wheres near that. I don’t want to label it as fantasy because there are no mythological creatures, magic, or worlds that aren’t ours but everything has a strange twist to it. I’m also not really sure what time period I would set this in. It surely isn’t modern day. It could very well be considered as 1950s, maybe.
The story is so well written. The plot is very intriguing. The characters are incredibly complex and different. And I love the different messages that are portrayed.
Pages: 485 Rate: 3/5
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