Review: Had such promise
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2013
I'm not sure now if I will be able to read the Mountain Man. I was so intrigued with the description and reviews but noticed The Hospital was first. Basically an introductory short-story. So I started here. All I can say is I hope this gets better. Again, the premise was interesting, but it missed the mark.  **** Spoiler alert coming****My biggest frustration was Gus's refusal to kill the old hag. "He hadn't gone that far yet, to kill a human being..."  Seriously?!?!  She tried to kill you!  Worse she tried to feed you to zombie babies, after crushing your nut and slicing your body up. Who the hell wouldn't kill her?  My second problem was the authors need to not just write gory, crude scenes, but to keep repeating them.  This got very old and forced me to start skimming. I understand the need to build suspense, but do without repeating the same things. That builds the opposite of suspense. More like frustration.I do hope things get better. I will try the Mountain Man because of the good reviews, but to be honest, I'm not confident I will finish it. Here's to hoping.