Helpful Score: 1
I picked this book up because I'd read Robin Parrish's "Off World". Overall that was the better book, but Nightmare did have some things going for it. I should start by saying that Robin Parrish is an "inspirational author". He writes inspirational fiction, which I've found can be a turn off for non-religious people, but his writing is very accessible. I'm not really religious and while his writing does touch on issues of belief, he does it in a very engaging way that makes you think without feeling like you're being hit over the head. I absolutely love this about his work.
His characters all have a nice depth, they aren't *just* anything. The boyfriend isn't *just* The Boyfriend, the rich girl isn't *just* The Rich Girl, etc.
The biggest problem I had with the book was that the main character is such a skeptic. It doesn't bother me that she wants evidence, and it's not that she doesn't believe (she does), but every fifth thought she has is about how very skeptical she is of whatever is happening. It works in some scenes (not early on), and it doesn't in others. For the most part it does though.
His characters all have a nice depth, they aren't *just* anything. The boyfriend isn't *just* The Boyfriend, the rich girl isn't *just* The Rich Girl, etc.
The biggest problem I had with the book was that the main character is such a skeptic. It doesn't bother me that she wants evidence, and it's not that she doesn't believe (she does), but every fifth thought she has is about how very skeptical she is of whatever is happening. It works in some scenes (not early on), and it doesn't in others. For the most part it does though.
