Review: Review of Empath
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 21, 2013
So I really wanted to like this book more than I did.  See the thing is I didn’t hate all of it.  In fact there were some things that I liked about the book.  But there were some things that I didn’t like and I think that was what prevented me from really getting into the book.Let’s start with what I liked about the book.I liked the idea behind the story itself.  A group of people with special abilities that are all brought together to help each other and defeat the bad guy. I even liked the way the author worked in the whole God having a hand in it, grand design type of thing.I also really liked Ethan.  Ethan is the sociopathic bad guy.  He tortures and scares his victims to death.  He is in no way a good guy and he never becomes one. I think the main reason I liked him was because he was straight forward and there is no confusing who he is. He’s a bad guy plain and simple.What I didn’t like.I just couldn’t connect with the main characters.  Maybe it was the first person pov and I just got to see too much of their thoughts?  Also I just didn’t understand why certain characters pov’s were used.  One or two was ok.  Even having Ethan’s as a third, but after that it just seemed like too many.The other thing I just didn’t like was how everyone’s powers just seemed to appear.  There was no background on where or how they came to be.  It all just seemed too convenient.  I understand they were all brought together for a reason…but still.Maybe it’s just me.  Overall it’s not a bad book, mainly I just couldn’t get into the characters and that made it harder for me to enjoy the book.If you’ve read Empath or decide to read it in the future I would love to hear what you think.