Killing Mr. Griffin
by Lois Duncan
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Book Reviews of Killing Mr. Griffin
Book Review: Unusual Read Brings Joy
Summary: 4 Stars
I am a freshman in a rural school district. I read the book Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan for my English class. My teacher and my brother recommended this book to me. I really enjoyed this book even though it wasn't what I would normally read. I enjoyed it because it was easy to relate to. By this I mean that everyone at one time or another can pick out a teacher who had been tough on them and made it really hard to pass their class. It's also easy to relate to because it deals with ordinary kids our age and not from some odd place. I really liked how they made the people real. How the one was your next-door-neighbor type that's not perfect, but most everybody likes and gets along with. Killing Mr. Griffin also included the shy girl, your typical jock guy, and then your quiet very moral guy. Then they had the odd one that nobody really knows much about, but accepts anyway. I recommend this book to Middle School and High School students. I think most anybody could read this book because it has a lot of different types of characters and literature. There is drama, suspense, murder, and also the fact that it's easy to relate to. I give this book a 4 1/2.Book Review: Whacking out Mr. Griffin...
Summary: 4 Stars
I don't know why I chose to review a novel I read about 11 years ago in early high school now. My English teacher had some contempt for it. But for some reason, part of the novel stuck with me.Sure, it's Lois Duncan, who pretty much cranked out young-teen books and owned a big part of that market. Dependable writing, generally.
Killing Mr. Griffin stays interesting because it's about a psychopath who manipulates other students into the title act. It's not told from the killer's point of view; the story is all from the most sympathetic female's pov. Nevertheless, in this day and age of post-Columbine, Ritaline-addicted youth, this book is powerful in the high school setting. I think it highlights the apathy and coldness of young people and the misdirected rage.
Duncan is not fancy. The storytelling is straightforward. But the sinister plot to freak out Mr. Griffin followed by the sudden death and the actions of the guilty group make this a pretty quick, compelling read.
My English teacher must have thought this was popular drivel, but I think with age it takes on relevance and still works.
Book Review: A good story.
Summary: 5 Stars
Four Kids are the main characters along with Mr.Griffin. A girl named susan narrates the book, usally the geek, she gets invited to a place by a bunch of popular girls and guys where nobody usally goes to. When the evil plot comes into order. The kids want to SCARE there evil english Teacher Mr.Griffin. The kids intended to just scare him, they never intended to murder the poor guy. With Mark as the psycho kid who burns cats, and thinks his life is horrible, he does something else, which is worse. With Dave as the soft guy and with Betsy as the popular girl, look-at-me type. This book shows you different types of people who were well though of and L. Duncan really did a great job in making her books different, being this is one of the last L. Duncan books I have read. I noticed every story is unique and different, one with there dad as a FBI agent to a girl who has a "Third Eye" L. Duncan really takes the cake in this book in making it original.It is a story of being betrayed by your own "Friends" I would recomend this wonderful story to people who like hanging on until the end for a great wonderful story.
Book Review: fun summer read
Summary: 4 Stars
We've all had a teacher like the eponymous Mr. Griffin who, by refusing to contribute to grade inflation and massage his students' self-esteem, contributes to years of future therapy. Most of us, as a rule, though, do not respond by kidnapping said teacher and inadvertently killing them.
Mr. Griffin may have good reason for his teaching policies, but his students are still too young to see things from his side. All they know is that English is no longer the breeze it was last year. So a group of students, the charismatic but sociopathic Mark, class president David, star athlete Jeff, and Queen Bee Betsy decide to teach the man a lesson. They enlist class geek Susan McConnell to be a decoy, which complicates things because she out of the entire group has a conscience. Eventually, things fall apart due to both poor planning and sheer bad luck.
Unlike some teen books, this one attempts to give the various adults' viewpoints as well as the students. It raises some questions about nature or nurture, but can be read simply for entertainment.
Book Review: "Killing Mr. Griffin"
Summary: 4 Stars
I thought "Killing Mr. Griffin" was an enjoyable book. This is a great book because it has suspense, action, and excitement and you never know what is going to happen next. This book is about a very strict teacher that every student hates because he grades papers very strict and does not put an A on the paper unless it is perfect. Mr. Griffin was well known around the school. Many students gave him really bad reputations. This makes the students really annoyed because they are used to easy teachers like there other teacher Mrs. Dolly. Mark, Susan, David and Betsy are the four friends that decide to try to kidnap Mr. Griffin because he has pushed them over the edge. One night they take Mr. Griffin to a mountain side where no one could find him. They don't plan on killing him they just want to give him a scare so they kidnap him and blind fold him one day. The teenagers take him down by a mountain and tie him up. He has an anxiety attack and he is with out his medication that he needs. He ends up dieing and his wife doesn't have any clue where he is. This book always keeps you on the edge.