Lori
The idea behind the story is great and could be a terrifying read but the execution of the book is not up to scratch. There are plenty of could be creepy scenes and scenarios throughout the book that the author doesn’t capitalize on. It’s almost like they choose not to make the book scary which is disappointing as the book is marked as horror. A lot of the negative points in the book come either from the lack of character personality and emotion or from the lack of history and answers.
The characters personalities are a little flavorless and they are written in a way that we are told what stereo type they should be. We don’t get a chance to decide for ourselves. Most of the characters are missing their memories from their time on the show when they were children so now as adults we get a chance to explore that mystery with them. But that is not what happens. The main character who remembers nothing of her childhood askes question after question, sometimes times with no pause for answer, and people just ignore it. Even when asked directly! Their connection as children is lost and because of this and we have no reason to care for the other characters effected by this show. They don’t truly work together to find out what’s happened.
The book has a religious kind of town cult plot to it that should have had a bigger role. There is a lot of opportunity to make a point or just have a deeper horror to the story that is not utilized.
The only reason it isn’t lower rated is that it don’t hate it and it can be ok in parts.
The idea behind the story is great and could be a terrifying read but the execution of the book is not up to scratch. There are plenty of could be creepy scenes and scenarios throughout the book that the author doesn’t capitalize on. It’s almost like they choose not to make the book scary which is disappointing as the book is marked as horror. A lot of the negative points in the book come either from the lack of character personality and emotion or from the lack of history and answers.
The characters personalities are a little flavorless and they are written in a way that we are told what stereo type they should be. We don’t get a chance to decide for ourselves. Most of the characters are missing their memories from their time on the show when they were children so now as adults we get a chance to explore that mystery with them. But that is not what happens. The main character who remembers nothing of her childhood askes question after question, sometimes times with no pause for answer, and people just ignore it. Even when asked directly! Their connection as children is lost and because of this and we have no reason to care for the other characters effected by this show. They don’t truly work together to find out what’s happened.
The book has a religious kind of town cult plot to it that should have had a bigger role. There is a lot of opportunity to make a point or just have a deeper horror to the story that is not utilized.
The only reason it isn’t lower rated is that it don’t hate it and it can be ok in parts.