Review: Scary tale AND poignant social commentary
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 22, 2012
I enjoyed First Time Buyers as a first time reader of this author.  It met all the criteria for a good creepy little story...mist rolling in, ghostly mysterious figures and a little psychological angst.  It's definitely not your typical 'ghost' or 'haunting' story and I rather liked the twist.  Just like any good mystery, you have to scratch beneath the surface for the really juicy, heart-pounding, neck hair-bristling good parts.I see the 'good part' as the social commentary being made.  Kat and Alex are struggling in the economy of today like so many of us.  Huge debt and teensy weensy income.  A mortgage you can't believe you sign on to and the risk of job loss around every corner.  We all know someone going through this if we are not ourselves.  At what point does it stop being about your own personal agonizing experience and you morph into the growing glob of the masses?  Until you become a 'statistic?'  What happens to those who are the 'statistics?'  Do they become the sightless, voiceless 'almost people' on the fringe?  Now if THAT doesn't scare you...