4.0 out of 5 stars -- What a ride! If a reaction to reading a book keeps you up all night AFTER you've finished, I'd say it hit the mark. Positively or negatively, I guarantee that you will have a hard time putting this story to rest after turning the last pages.
Jake and "the girlfriend" are on a road trip to meet his parents at a remote farm, location unnamed. After unusual conversation and interaction both in the car and at the farm, they head back home because Jake has to work the next morning. Jake is sidetracked and they end up at an isolated school building. That's all I'm saying. No spoilers. You'll have to take this journey yourself and I'd guess that you will be turning this one over in your head for a long time to come. It's very dark and it's really scary in a way that has nothing to do with bad guys.
I think that this debut is one you won't want to miss -- if only because everyone else who reads it will be talking about it!
Jake and "the girlfriend" are on a road trip to meet his parents at a remote farm, location unnamed. After unusual conversation and interaction both in the car and at the farm, they head back home because Jake has to work the next morning. Jake is sidetracked and they end up at an isolated school building. That's all I'm saying. No spoilers. You'll have to take this journey yourself and I'd guess that you will be turning this one over in your head for a long time to come. It's very dark and it's really scary in a way that has nothing to do with bad guys.
I think that this debut is one you won't want to miss -- if only because everyone else who reads it will be talking about it!
So, I made it to page 18. My usual rule is to make myself read to page 50 before Abandoning a book, but I'm not getting any younger, and I could feel my life-force ebbing away, line by tedious, pretentious, completely unrealistic line. Having checked out a few reviews, I now discover that, in the last couple of pages, the patient reader will discover that there is a REASON why the previous 200+ pages are tedious, pretentious and completely unrealistic, and that it's all totally worth waiting for. Glad to know that.
Also glad PBS allows partial stars.
Also glad PBS allows partial stars.
SUSAN S. (susieqmillsacoustics) -
This is a tale where nothing is what it seems. It was a really creepy, intense read all the way through and the ending is not what I was expecting. I enjoyed the journey, if strange at times, but while the ending was shocking, it left me somewhat disappointed.
