Review: Not A Disturbing Psychological Thriller
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 25, 2013
I've been looking for a fresh voice in the horror genre for some time now so I was delighted when I came across this author, who appeared to have very good reviews. I couldn't have been more disappointed. There is nothing fresh nor creative about this story. It's a stale retake on an old theme that has been done over and over. I would ask the readers of this review to stop here if you do not wish to be spoiled-----SPOILER ALERT------.The ideal that this story is billed as a "Disturbing Psychological Thriller" is obnoxious and laughable. Maybe that would have been the case say 60 years ago but in this day and age when reality truly is much stranger and gruesome than fiction, the thrill is lacking. Now I'm not saying that a writer has to go over the top crazy to make a story a worthy read, but he/she does have to be creative. The story could have been so much better if it hadn't relied so much on old, tried themes - "fat" discrimination, the power of pretty, the crazy mother trying to live her life through her daughter = dull, typical, and boring. How about a really disturbing psychology of the father trying to re-enact the daughter's "special night". And a bed ridden mother made by the father to eat herself into a ton pound woman so as not to compete with the father's pretty, pretty prom queen fantasy. I'm not a writer, I'm just saying something a little different would be nice.I've looked at "Sugar Daddy" also by this author and I'm not sure I want to give it a chance. But, I like to read at least two stories by a new author before I completely write them off - old, stale pun intended.