This book is highly interesting, I rate it 5 stars whoever reads this and didn't read it yet here's your chance. :)

First book in the series. Action packed story where a group of closely related individuals take up the challenge of being the first to find the power which could change the world. There can only be one winner. Book 1 is set in France and there are lots of historical facts interweaved throughout the book.

I never read these as a kid because the premise never really drew me in but I figured I would read them just for the sake of knowing what the series was about. I don't think I would have liked these as a kid because I found them rather boring as an adult. I love Rick Riordan but these are no Percy Jackson. It felt very formulaic and generic. I'm not super into mysteries but this really felt like just a chase with no real reward. You pretty much know who the villains are right away and its like well which of these villains but they are all so generically evil that you can just interchange them and it makes no difference to the plot in fact that is largely what Riordan does.

If you are looking for something to scratch that RIordan itch after reading Percy Jackson maybe this would do it for you but I would highly recommend checking out his RIck Riordan presents books first.

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I hate this series. There is way too many books, and the never ending, tiring cliffhangers. Too many flipping clues to solve. >:(

loved the book never expected him to be working for the bad side

Very intriguing start to cool series. It is not the best in the series, and certainly not the worst. The last couple of books were the worst (Amy fell in love with the wrong person and ended up having her ex-boyfriend die for her even though she really didn't love him anymore and he thought she did). Also, one of the middling books was pretty bad (Amy was falling in love with her COUSIN; like, what the heck?!). Altogether, 'The 39 Clues' is not something I would read again, but it *was* entertaining and overall pretty good throughout. There was a lot of unevenness and ups and downs (probably due to the fact that each book was written by a different author).

this is the first book of the 39 clues.i read the first ten pages and i loved it💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

This book was an excellent start to a horrible series. This book starts out the series great and when I read it for the first time I was excited for reading the series. However, the book series continues to use the same formula for all its books, it gets extremely boring after the 5th book. This book is very good, but I would give up reading on this series, it's not worth it. The only thing I link about this series is the multiple authors, shame this idea went to waste.

Rick Riordan wove a very exciting story in "The Maze of Bones", one that in my opinion is better than his Percy Jackson series. If he had written the entire series, it would have been amazing, but as things were it gradually went downhill. I was disappointed by Peter Lerangis' contributions to the series, and feel that the others, while enjoyable (particularly when Patrick Carman and Margaret Peterson Haddix are responsible), don't come close to Riordan's level of quality. He managed to mix in all of the teams in a fast-paced, adventurous chase to find the Cahill family's most carefully guarded secret. And, in my opinion, the various series-within-the-series dragged it out much too far. If Rick Riordan had written them all, the quantity of the books would have been much less, but the quality would have been much, much better.