Where Things Come Back

I'm starting this thing where after I finish reading a book, I review it rather than just giving it a rating. Now, with that said Where Things Come Back is, in my opinion, one of the hardest books that one could review.

There's nothing wrong with the book at all. I think it's an amazing story, and could possibly be one of my favorites. But it holds a lot of drawbacks. And when I say a lot, I mean a lot.

For one, the author uses: “When one (name of something happening), he (what he does)” more than it should be used. You can never go through a chapter with Cullen saying this, and later on in the book it takes up a hefty load of pages. It bored me, and I would even want to skim over it, but I knew that I could bare through it. What the purpose for Whaley overly using this is beyond me, but if he had just used it once, I would have been fine.

I only have two complaints after this. One is: Why in the hell was Cullen having all of these zombie hallucinations? It didn't happen as much as my first complaint, but when it did, my face seemed to contort into this weirdness of some sort. My next complaint is the weird names. I couldn't even pronounce some names, which was a little unsettling. And when he [Cullen] would mention the characters full names, I would passively roll my eyes.

All in all, I think this is a good start for Whaley, since it is his debut novel. I don't know if I'll check into Whaley's newer novels...that is if he writes any. This novel isn't meant for everyone, though, so if you don't want something that switches POV after every chapter, read of all the ass-hats (which is absurd. Who doesn't want to read of all the ass-hats?!), and especially if you don't believe in God, then this story is not meant for you.