Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought this after finding out it was being made into a film, and it sounded like a good scary book. Its a slog, with zero suspense and poor characterization. The writing style is decent, but the characters are hamstrung and lack depth, with their ‘peculiarities’ (to avoid spoilers) accounted for with either ‘mind out of body’ experiences or extreme (and really unrealistically portrayed) phobias used to explain away narrative inconsistencies, plot holes or constrain characters (one character actually dwells on this at length, in effect talking to the reader about why she wasnt doing what she and the reader knew should be done) in order to keep the rattle-trap plot moving. Its a serial killer story that so lacks anything really original it has to use dead kids as the hook-into-horror. Check it out at the library if you must, but dont actually spend money on it.