He was very patriotic and never smoked, drank, or gambled. (Despite its name, Sunset Towers faces east – into the sunrise.) Sam Westing was a wealthy man who made his fortune in paper products. Sunset Towers is a new apartment building on Lake Michigan, north of Milwaukee and just down the shore from the mansion owned by reclusive self-made millionaire Samuel W.
Ellen Raskin crafts a creative mystery that’s sure to entertain from cover to cover.The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin was one of the first chapter books that I remember reading. If you're looking for a book with exciting twists and turns or something that’s fun and easy to read but keeps your attention, then the Westing Game is most definitely the book for you. This book didn’t have any remarkably complex characters and the theme wasn’t something that touched on any philosophical notes. It provided everything I would want out of a murder mystery, but I wish it was more of a deep read. For me, this book is a four out of five stars. It is easy to see why it earned the Newberry medal and has been a classic favorite. Overall, the Westing Game is a perpetually entertaining and satisfying book. While this book is generally an easier read, it still was an entertaining story that captured my imagination until the end. Throughout reading the story, I never found a dull When I first started reading the Westing Game, I had no context as to what it was about, but was delightfully surprised as to what I found. Raskin balances the dark subject of murder and the suspense of the game with a playful sense of irony like, “The sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that), but the Sunset Towers faced east. But, because not all is revealed to them, the reader can’t anticipate what will happen next, and in this way, is able to experience the mystery as it unfolds. Not yet.” She includes plenty of descriptive details that allow the reader to know what some of the characters are thinking and in turn, how they plan to solve the mystery. The reader can almost feel the chill of this scene: “A cold, raw wind whipped dead leaves about the ankles of the four people grouped in the Sunset Towers driveway, but none of them shivered. Raskin uses colorful imagery to make the story come alive. They all accept, but as soon as they move in, the mystery begins - one that could leave them all very rich, but only if they play the “game.” The instructions are read, and the Westing game begins.
In the beginning of the book, intriguing invitations are sent out to sixteen seemingly random people, urging them not to pass up this once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire an apartment in the newly built Sunset Towers.
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