Review: And then... And then...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 17, 2011
I hate to give a book a bad rating, but sometimes you read books you just don't like. I wanted to enjoy it. I really did. I forced myself to read about halfway through, hoping it would get better. It didn't. The characters are flat and the situations are far too convenient to drive the story forward. One kid is an expert with computers and can hack anything in twenty minutes. Obviously the author does not know anything about real world computers and security. Another kid was a very convenient electronics expert. Whatever the need was, a kid could do it.The author told the story in a very and then... and then... progression of storytelling. While she tried to build up suspense at the end of each chapter, it really had all the suspense of a Sponge Bob commercial break. There's a writer's credo that says, "Show, don't tell." Ms. Jewell did a lot of telling and very little showing, which provided little sensory enticement. And then... and then... and then I reached halfway through the book and decided I had better books to read. Sorry. Nice try, but the mark was missed. I found it hard to care about the characters and the bad guy was nothing more than a faceless set of words on the page."Invisible Justice" was about as entertaining as a high school composition assignment. Sorry Ms. Jewell. Don't give up. Keep trying.