Review: Don't hate me but I loved this book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2013
Liam is a 15 year old boy who is driving his mother's car and rear ends another vehicle when he hits the accelerator instead of the brakes.  The car is driven by a young girl and when Liam's mother gets out to give the girl her insurance information she is taken aback by how hostile the girl is.  In fact, the girl's behavior is "off" and there is a look in her eyes that causes the mother to be uneasy and makes her regret the fact that she has just given this stranger her home address.  A teenager involved in an accident is perhaps the only "normal" thing that happens in this book.I read the reviews where people said they were so distracted by errors in the book that they either did not finish it or hated it. I was so wrapped up in the story that I did not even notice the typos or "inconsistencies" that others found so worrisome.  Poor editing aside, I think the storyline ranks right up there with some of the masters of horror books.The only thing that did bother me in this story and the thing that keeps me from reading many horror books was the fact that good did not totally triumph over evil.  I know that good always conquering evil is not realistic, but I see enough realism about "man's inhumanity to man" by watching the news.  I don't really want it in books I read for "enjoyment".For years after they saw the movie "Psycho" many people were too afraid to take showers.  I think what Psycho did to the ability of people to take a shower this book may have done for people's willingness to give strangers personal information following a fender-bender.This book taps into one of my biggest fears.  Books about werewolves or zombies or monsters coming after people don't really frighten me because I can comfort myself in the realization that such creatures don't really exist.  However, when I read about evil people hurting someone I find that frightening because I know that evil people do exist.If you take off your "proofreading" hat I think this is a book that you will find very interesting and it is so short that you should be able to finish it in about 45 minutes.  I believe this will be 45 minutes well spent!  Now if you will excuse me, I need to go read a bodice ripper or two to get some of these images out of my mind.