Review: Lacks in Pulling Me In
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 5, 2012
I like mystery. I like humor. I like it when it is well put together. When it's not, a story can be hard to follow. Jayde Scott had a good idea in Born to Spy that just did not grab me.It is a story of a teenage boy who finds his father has disappeared. In trying to figure out where he is, Thom finds out that his father is a spy. With the help of his best friend and his friend's sister, these teenagers set out on a wild adventure involving art, guns, and spies.I found the story a little hard to read because there was too much comedy within it. It was too unreal for me. Scenes where any teenager would be scared or more serious were just times of comical exchanges between the teens. I tried to see it as a movie as that sometimes helps to bring out what the author intended. That still did not work. I could not see any teenager acting like this. Then again, I'm an adult. So I brought in a teenager.My son started the book but could not finish it. He was confused with how the characters interacted and felt that there was too much comedy in it which took away from the story line and rendered the characters unbelievable. He said he could not connect to it.I don't recommend that you skip this book because of my inability to connect to it or my son's. Everyone is completely different with different literary works appealing to them. You'll find reviews of people who loved the story. For the extremely reasonable price of the kindle edition, I highly recommend you check it out if you have a young adult, are a young adult, and like mystery and comedy mixed together.For me, it was not one I'd highly recommend, but I would not discourage you from checking out. It's a book. Read it. I hope you enjoy it.Note: This book was purchased with my own funds.