Review: Compelling Prose
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2013
Gripping mystery drama. My kind of airport fiction! At first, you sort of wonder why we're spending so much time getting to know these teenagers, Neil and Rachel and Jack Callahan, but as the mystery unfolds and becomes embroiled in their school -- all the plot threads start coming together and everything starts to make sense. And then the threesome thing happens! Wow. I really want to know what's going to happen next! "Bodies: Staged Fright" is told from the point of view of the youngest kid, Neil, who feels like the outcast in a family of very extreme individuals. Almost too extreme. Some of the characters feel borderline farcical at times, but since the overall tone feels like a fun, tongue-in-cheek Hollywood story, that's not a big problem. Overall, this is a very entertaining book! I'd recommend it for a quick, fun read.