Reviews for Emmy and the Home for Troubled Girls

The average rating for Emmy and the Home for Troubled Girls based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-05-01 00:00:00 Monica Brezzi Again... Eh. In the second of the trilogy, Emmy discovers that the girls who appear on Miss Barmy's cane may actually be alive, but she wants a normal life with friends her age now that Miss Barmy's spells are not keeping others from noticing her anymore. Emmy is torn between being a normal young lady and helping her animal friends as well as the missing girls. And is Miss Barmy becoming good? Emmy doesn't think so but almost everyone else does and Emmy tries desperately to convince them it is all an act. As with the first in the trilogy, my daughter really enjoyed it and looked forward to reading every night. On the other hand, I found it just as bland as the first. It was not bad; it just wasn't all that great. If my daughter had not wanted to read it, I probably would have stopped with book one. One of the problems I had with Troubled Girls is that Emmy is a real brat. I can understand her wanting to be a normal girl, but she behaves so badly and her constant attitude and lip just made me want to smack her. You can think that about fictional characters so nobody call CPS on me. I think there could have been a better way of portraying this conflict. In short, it wasn't a waste of time but there are more interesting books to read with your kids.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-03-02 00:00:00 Krzysztof Rekas Really enjoyed this! This is the 2nd book so can't say a lot. I did enjoy the 1st book a little more, just b/c Emmy was more likable in it. She was a little annoying in this one, but I think any kid at that age wanting to finally be seen as normal & have more friends would have acted similar. There's a scene at the soccer field that involves Sissy that I didn't care for at all though. Made me quite mad lol(she doesn't die or anything, I would have stopped reading if she had lol). But this had all the humor, & adventure as before. And danger. There's a new mystery/danger to get to the bottom of. We have all our original favs & villains, & have new ones on both ends as well. Our original little cranky Rat still has my heart though..Can't wait to start the 3rd & final book tonight! Another beautiful cover by Jonathan Bean too, with more illustrations at the top of every page & a little rat on every right page again as well.💜