I love scary stories. I really do.
What Waits Beneath was decent, it had a somewhat creative plot but the execution was greatly lacking. The ending was pretty bad, as if it was rushed for some odd reason. I know some authors are pushed to write, I just don't think that this author had that problem. The ending wasn't good.
The pieces didn't really fit together in the right way either but I think that's just me being picky about it. There was some time hopping but not enough to bother me that much. I just didn't like the story that much? I think I've read so many better stories like this that in order for me to really enjoy this sort of horror story it has to be really good and this was really meh at best.
There was a portion where there was a point where a demon was talking in a snake voice and even when I took the time to pronounce out what the author typed it came out as something laughable rather than intimidating but maybe that's because I tend to pronounce things in an odd way. Who knows?
The characters were flat and stupid. Like, for some reason, they all talked so much that they're stupid. It was as if the characters were talking or they were staring at the person talking. And it seems like I'm being picky but when the book is nothing but a character talking and someone else looking at them it gets boring. The first chapter is the most interesting part of the book.
All I know is that this book was okay. It wasn't so bad where I didn't finish it but it also wasn't really good, at all. It was meh.
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Sunday, March 12, 2017
Saturday, February 18, 2017
Give Me A K-I-L-L by R. L. Stine REVIEW
By all technicalities, this is my first R. L. Stine book, which is a shame because I always wanted to read his books but my parents never let me because of content. I had an overactive imagination, so I guess it was a good call on their parts. Though I'm not disappointed! This, I enjoyed it a lot.
The story was very twisty, as in there were a lot of twists that happened very often. This leaves the leader with the thoughts of 'who's doing it' because the writing suggests that everyone's suspicious. The final twist was twisted with another twist and it was hard for me to wrap my head around what was going on. BUT I GUESSED THE ENDING SO I'M HAPPY.
The writing is by no means flawless, a lot of it felt rushed and wasn't put together well structurally and that made it kind of difficult to read especially when you consider the age group this kind of book is intended for. I really like clear concise timelines but I just think that's me. There wasn't too much jumping around time wise but R. L. Stine does this thing where he'll end chapters in the middle of one area and I take chapters as jumps in time rather than jumps in events. Sometimes he would end a chapter in one place, start the next chapter continuing the ending of the last chapter and then ending that continuation within a paragraph. The thought that comes to my mind is, why not just end that paragraph in the last chapter? It didn't build or lessen the anticipation factor so I didn't quite understand some of those choices, but that's just me.
Overall, pretty good, I had complaints and it wasn't perfect but what is the perfect novel really?
The story was very twisty, as in there were a lot of twists that happened very often. This leaves the leader with the thoughts of 'who's doing it' because the writing suggests that everyone's suspicious. The final twist was twisted with another twist and it was hard for me to wrap my head around what was going on. BUT I GUESSED THE ENDING SO I'M HAPPY.
The writing is by no means flawless, a lot of it felt rushed and wasn't put together well structurally and that made it kind of difficult to read especially when you consider the age group this kind of book is intended for. I really like clear concise timelines but I just think that's me. There wasn't too much jumping around time wise but R. L. Stine does this thing where he'll end chapters in the middle of one area and I take chapters as jumps in time rather than jumps in events. Sometimes he would end a chapter in one place, start the next chapter continuing the ending of the last chapter and then ending that continuation within a paragraph. The thought that comes to my mind is, why not just end that paragraph in the last chapter? It didn't build or lessen the anticipation factor so I didn't quite understand some of those choices, but that's just me.
Overall, pretty good, I had complaints and it wasn't perfect but what is the perfect novel really?
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Higurashi; Cotton Drifting Arc Volume 1 by Ryukishi07 REVIEW
So, when I broke my promise from like ten days ago and went to the bookstore to buy books, I found this puppy in the clearance section at HPB. Higurashi was one of my more favorite animes when I was into anime. I also saw Galaxy Angel and would have bought it if it didn't have water damage.
Manga Rule #1; If it's your favorite anime, you absolutely have to buy the manga.
But as I was saying, this was one of my favorite animes. One of my favorite arcs of the anime was this specific arc and I didn't realize it until I started reading it. But yo, this arc is one of my favorites. It brings in Shion, essentially the best character in the franchise, and it's just hella messed up.
On one side, I'm happy that I got this on the first volume of this arc but at the same time I'm not because this isn't my favorite part of the arc. The arc starts slow but by the end you wish you were watching bunny videos. Just ah.
Higurashi is an intense series, don't read it if you don't like intense things. Otherwise, you should 10000000% read it.
Manga Rule #1; If it's your favorite anime, you absolutely have to buy the manga.
But as I was saying, this was one of my favorite animes. One of my favorite arcs of the anime was this specific arc and I didn't realize it until I started reading it. But yo, this arc is one of my favorites. It brings in Shion, essentially the best character in the franchise, and it's just hella messed up.
On one side, I'm happy that I got this on the first volume of this arc but at the same time I'm not because this isn't my favorite part of the arc. The arc starts slow but by the end you wish you were watching bunny videos. Just ah.
Higurashi is an intense series, don't read it if you don't like intense things. Otherwise, you should 10000000% read it.
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