Review: Good ghost story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 29, 2013
This story started off at a very slow pace and I found my mind wandering more than once. When Alex and his mother first arrived at the island, a whole bunch of new characters came into play and I had a bit of a hard time keeping up with who was whom, and what their significance was. The main plotline was pretty simple but I think that if there had been less characters, ones that were more defined, this story wold have read a lot more smoothly. I was also confused by the fact that certain characters seemed like key players in the game but then disappeared for most of the book only to be seen once in a while.It was only really towards the middle of the book that I finally settled in and started to enjoy the story. I was fascinated by the beliefs of the people of Mayan and there was quite a bit of mystery surrounding Alex and his connection to the island, which kept me wanting more. I also really wanted to know what the opening scene with Alex's dad had to do with the legends of the island.I just wish I had connected with the characters on a deeper level. I also wish that the dark spirits had been a little more evil. Perhaps it was because I was so disconnected from the story that I wasn't able to truly feel their malevolence. In the end I was left feeling a little disappointed by this book. It was just that, a book that I read but did not live.