Review: Vogel House
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2013
I'd like to say that I enjoyed this book, but I didn't.  I had a hard time reading it, and an even harder time picking up Vogel House instead of something else when I had free reading time.I like all kinds of books, so I wasn't put off by the underage characters in sexual situations, or the mixing of sex and drugs, or even by kids who seem older than they are.I did find the underlying (and sometimes overt) tones of incest to be too much - there was no need to put that into the book when the story was already pushing the boundaries.The writing was stilted, juvenile and inconsistent, though I found few mistakes of note.  The sexual scenes were badly enough written that there was nothing titillating about them, or even remotely arousing.Bottom line, this could have been a great story of family and loss of innocence and history and revenge, and instead was a big, unenjoyable mess.