Review: Not What I Hoped It Would Be ... Not Even Close
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2012
"Mattie soon learns that her entire life has been built on a foundation of lies... that she was raised in a house of horror, by a monster." - this is the first lie about this book in the description, then add some gushing reviews that came from another planet and you have a scam of sorts.  Well as it turns out The Crazy Old Lady in the Attic is not a novel but a Novelette (15k words) and while it was a good read it was not in any way paranormal, it was not a "thriller" it was a bit of drama and a telling of things that had happened in the past which had been totally oblivious to the young girl who grew up there. I guess it was 4+ Stars for a story that you can read in an hour or 2.  If you ever need something that will keep your attention and give you a couple of hours to try to guess something of a "who dunit" this is a nice bit of filler. I do however really have a problem with outright lies in the description like this one "Mattie soon learns that her entire life has been built on a foundation of lies... that she was raised in a house of horror, by a monster." .. HUH?? I think I missed the "horrors" and the "monster" so don't be dragged in by those descriptions. Did not happen ... The "monster" was a person who did what was best for her grandchild regardless of any laws to the contrary, I saw it as "family before anyone else"  I am being benevolent to give it 4 Stars after that bit of misdirection.I should point out that these descriptions many times are unknown to the author until they hit market so 4+ Stars to the authors work would be well deserved even though I cannot see how those 5 Star gushing reviews are accurate.