Review: Couldn't Get into This One
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 2, 2010
Let me preface this review by saying I might not be the target audience. I enjoy fantasy and have liked lots of YA/MG books, but this was too silly for me, and I started skimming in Chapter 2 (when the doll character showed up). Though the protagonist was thirteen, this seemed like a book for a younger reader. Eight or nine maybe. The fact that the main character kept saying how crazy everything was made it seem like the author was trying to justify the fact that, yes, everything was crazy. I found it hard to suspend disbelief and get into the story.Also, for a relatively short novel, it takes a while for the characters to explain everything that happened in the past and to get into more than setup stuff. Ultimately, it never grabbed me, and I didn't finish.I'm giving it three stars because the writing was pretty solid and the editing sound (in that department, it's hit or miss with indie books). I liked that the author included sensory details and described events and the world well. It seems from reviews that this appealed more to others, so maybe I just wasn't the right audience.