Review: Started off OK then degenerated
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 03 24, 2014
At first, I thought this would be ok. The reviews weren't great but hey, I wanted something light. I was wrong.This starts off OK, then quickly quickly degenerates into a giant mess. Other reviewers said the same thing.I have not read any other books by this author and probably will not do so as this one was just ridiculous.**SPOILERS*The premise of a house built with hidden passages and secret rooms you have to go through to get to the treasure whilst avoiding booby traps was great. The execution of it was immature and badly badly done. A room full of spiders all apparently nonvenomous and don't bite when trapped or threatened. A room full of snakes (that have nothing to eat). A prison room with a dropping ceiling. A room full of rats that apparently disappeared after the first time through... the room AND the rats. A room full of sewage. And ultimately, after going through all of that....it had nothing at all to do with where the treasure was. You did not have to go through any of it, let alone multiple times. I think the author is just enamored of poop humor as there are plenty of bathroom type jokes as well.The fact that not just one but 2 people got bitten by a rattle snake and magically they found antivenin in the room with the snakes is already stretching credibility... but then within 24 hours both of these snake bite victims are up and about and running everywhere. Oh did I mention one of them had been missing several days w/o food or water, had a broken leg with a compound fracture, lost a great deal of blood in addition to being snake-bit but still managed to kidnap multiple people and run wildly through the dungeons within 24 hours of being injured and bitten?The fact that a gorgeous, wealthy, educated, young woman would find an illiterate, toothless, dirty, hillbilly gas station attendant named Slobber attractive just put the icing on the cake. Not saying he could not be a good guy... but um... yeah. NO. He is clearly also mentally challenged in some way.Oh and while murder and mayhem are going on... apparently the party continues upstairs. Nobody is shocked or grieved even tho one of the victims is supposedly a beloved member of the community. The reaction to it is more like... "well bummer, now who gets the house." by everyone. INCLUDING the protagonists who came there specifically because of their "friendship" with the victim. As the bodies pile up, nobody gives a damn and apparently nobody seeks for the treasure other than at specifically designated times.This really is an awful book.