Review: Painfully Slow
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2014
In my nearly 60 years of life I cant recall ever giving up on a book when I'm 75% through it, and I read lot.  This book was going nowhere and I finally said, enough, time to start another book.It starts out well, you get the idea we are dealing with a haunted house, a teen who suffers at the hand of horribly abusive parents, and struggles with relationships in school. These parts are well done, especially the sadness and loneliness of the abused teen aspect.  It was easy to empathize with the lead character.The problem is there isn't much more to the story as so far as I could see.  Maybe everything is resolved at the end but I just couldn't see it being worth it at that point.  75% into a book there should be more, I felt like I was still in the early "stage setting" part.  Each chapter eludes to a creepy home causing personality changes, a teen who gets beat up at school each day, and the sitting on the curb or bus talking to his only two friends.  That's it...for 75% of the book.The overall idea here might have worked better with faster pacing and a tighter storyline.  I felt like it was an outline with an undecided direction and ending in mind.  In all sincerity, I see this is a young author and I do see potential here. Stick with it and you will only improve, but get some honest feedback and assistance.