SuitabookActing Up
Leslie McFarlane
- Reading
- Try reading together through the investigation’s danger-filled premise, then pause if the threats feel intense. Afterwards, compare how the film-set setting shapes the mystery.
- Themes
- Danger during the investigation: Frank and Joe investigate sabotage on a film set and face threats involving explosives, machetes and a cobra. The premise foregrounds danger, but does not show whether the story treats it as frightening, thrilling or in another way.
- India as a setting: The brothers have travelled to India, whose culture and customs are described as unfamiliar to them. The setting creates a contrast between the brothers’ familiarity and what is new to them; the book’s wider portrayal of India is unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The plot includes threats of serious physical harm: explosives, razor-edged machetes and a poisonous cobra. Consider whether these danger scenes would suit your reader at this time.