Review: I wanted to like this book
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2014
The Mystery Box by Eva Pohler is one of those books where the title and book cover capture your attention enough to read the blurb and see if you want to keep going. Yes I did, but once I bought it and began reading, I felt like I was reading a screenplay or stage play as the writing was more like stage direction than story-telling. The formatting was off and it became as distracting, as the dog named Frodo Baggins. Every time I read it, I just kept thinking of LOTR instead of the story I was reading. Same thing with the use of the name Cruella and the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. These issues are minor but in the end I just didn't like any of the characters. Wanted to like, but the book just wasn't for me.