Review: Great story, but beware!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2013
I was entranced by the story till Chapter 6, when the plot slows its pace to broaden the scenario and add some new characters. The story does not lose quality, it just slows a bit to prepare for its second part.The whole story can be divided in three major parts: the first, which we could define as the first contact; the second, where some consequences are shown and prepares for the third part, that is the final.I did not find it so chilling as previous readers, but the horror is definitely present in the story. Better yet, the author it's not one of the authors who confuse horror with 'shadows everywhere' device; the horror occurs in the plain view, without saying that there is a "thing in the shadows" that is never fully revealed to the reader.The plot is well constructed and I think that almost every IT professional will identify themselves with Shaw. All in all, is a new breath in the horror genre.The great problem with this book: the author split the story in two books, the first one having 127 pages and costing 1.03 (I got it for free in a promotion). The first book ends abruptly, in the middle of the story, saying that it will continue in book two, which has 155 pages and costs 4.18! Please keep in mind that book two is not a sequel to a complete story, it is its necessary continuation for a 127 pages only book!So, in my opinion, the author was not nice to its readers. I did not know what he was thinking when he decided to do this (he was ill-advised? he was greedy? he was feeling that this was his break-through story and so he needed to compensate himself for all his previous work?), but I did not like it. I bought (and read) the second book but I will never read any other title of this author.For the story till chapter 6, I would rate the book 5 stars; for the next pages, I would rate 4. And because of the story splitting, 1. So, 3 in average.