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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
thelibrarysghost's review
4.0
When I first laid eyes on th is novel I was skeptical. the cover art seemed too childish to scare and the "try pg. 154 if you dare!" on the back was off putting to someone who's very hard to terrify. I bought it anyway thinking thered be no harm, and I'm glad I did. While the book wasn't terrifyingly nightmare inducing I found it creepy in the right ways, and overall well written. It was easy to get lost in the story with callum and the building want to skip ahead and find out more was strong. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a fast but creepy read.
caffeinatedreviewer's review against another edition
3.0
“The girl lies by the canal, her face turned upwards like a stargazer. But she will never see the stars again. Her eyes have been torn out. The rain fills the empty sockets until they brim over, spilling bloody tears down her cold, white cheeks..”
Hunted is a YA paranormal horror novel. This tale is told from the point of view of fourteen year old protagonist Scott Callum. Callum has always known he was different; he lives with his Gram in a small crammed cottage, sees ghosts and has amazing luck. He views himself as an outcast because of his abilities and keeps to himself. Experiences from his elementary school days, have kept him from sharing his strange gifts with anyone. Young people are being brutally murdered by the eerie “Hunter” and messages are being left in blood all over town. Strange things begin happening to Callum, the ghosts he normally sees at the Nether Marlock Church are no longer there, and instead the town is filled with even more ghosts than usual. He senses something evil is following him. He sees a strange ghost child with a huge grizzly dog and thinks they are the evil following him. He begins having dreams and premonitions. When he has a vision or senses there is danger, his hands tingle and go numb. At school, this occurs and he saves a new age Goth girl named, Melissa from death. Callum slowly learns that this quirky girl is brave, smart and not at all afraid of the supernatural. Callum and Melissa begin to search for clues about the large dog and ghost boy he has seen. Together they learn that Callum is a chime child. This is a child born beneath a full moon between midnight on Friday and the cockcrow on Saturday. They also learn that once every century, the boundary between the demon Netherworld and the human world weaken. Creatures gather, preparing to cross over, to bring death and destruction. This time is called The Shadowing. Callum must face who he is, what is hunting him, who his friends are and whether or not he wants to save the world.
The story started off slow for me, but once it took off I was completely engrossed. I loved watching Callum go from a slumped shouldered unsure teen into a more confident young man. I liked Melissa from the beginning, and wish I had been such a confident young woman in high school. The villain in this story, “the hunter”, gave me goose bumps. I wanted more details of the Netherworld, and I am hoping Slater satisfies this in the next book. The book contains a preview to the second book in this trilogy entitled The Shadowing: Skinned. This reader to intends see where Adam Slater will take this story next.
A special thank you to netGalley and Egmont USA for this advanced copy in exchange for my unbiased review. This book will be published on September 13, 2011.
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Hunted is a YA paranormal horror novel. This tale is told from the point of view of fourteen year old protagonist Scott Callum. Callum has always known he was different; he lives with his Gram in a small crammed cottage, sees ghosts and has amazing luck. He views himself as an outcast because of his abilities and keeps to himself. Experiences from his elementary school days, have kept him from sharing his strange gifts with anyone. Young people are being brutally murdered by the eerie “Hunter” and messages are being left in blood all over town. Strange things begin happening to Callum, the ghosts he normally sees at the Nether Marlock Church are no longer there, and instead the town is filled with even more ghosts than usual. He senses something evil is following him. He sees a strange ghost child with a huge grizzly dog and thinks they are the evil following him. He begins having dreams and premonitions. When he has a vision or senses there is danger, his hands tingle and go numb. At school, this occurs and he saves a new age Goth girl named, Melissa from death. Callum slowly learns that this quirky girl is brave, smart and not at all afraid of the supernatural. Callum and Melissa begin to search for clues about the large dog and ghost boy he has seen. Together they learn that Callum is a chime child. This is a child born beneath a full moon between midnight on Friday and the cockcrow on Saturday. They also learn that once every century, the boundary between the demon Netherworld and the human world weaken. Creatures gather, preparing to cross over, to bring death and destruction. This time is called The Shadowing. Callum must face who he is, what is hunting him, who his friends are and whether or not he wants to save the world.
The story started off slow for me, but once it took off I was completely engrossed. I loved watching Callum go from a slumped shouldered unsure teen into a more confident young man. I liked Melissa from the beginning, and wish I had been such a confident young woman in high school. The villain in this story, “the hunter”, gave me goose bumps. I wanted more details of the Netherworld, and I am hoping Slater satisfies this in the next book. The book contains a preview to the second book in this trilogy entitled The Shadowing: Skinned. This reader to intends see where Adam Slater will take this story next.
A special thank you to netGalley and Egmont USA for this advanced copy in exchange for my unbiased review. This book will be published on September 13, 2011.
http://kimbathecaffeinatedbookreviewer.blogspot.com/
nightshade82's review
4.0
Loved this story and I loved the fact that the main character, Callum, and his female friend, Melissa, don't have a romance ...... and I'm going to say yet, as it still may happen. It seems that every YA I read has to have some romance blooming or already happening between the main character and a best friend or possible enemy or complete opposite schoolmate etc, so it was nice to read a story that had two friends of opposite sex and not have an under running love story happening at the same time.
The story was really well told and well paced. It was mostly from Callum's POV but some wee chapters were from the Hunter's POV as well. I like how this series is going to turn out, it's going to be a different bad guy every book and I can tell that they're not going to be fluffy or light reading. The bad guy (maybe gal, you never find out) was quite terrifying to picture and from the excerpt I read of the next book, it's going to be the same.
The story was really well told and well paced. It was mostly from Callum's POV but some wee chapters were from the Hunter's POV as well. I like how this series is going to turn out, it's going to be a different bad guy every book and I can tell that they're not going to be fluffy or light reading. The bad guy (maybe gal, you never find out) was quite terrifying to picture and from the excerpt I read of the next book, it's going to be the same.
moustoir's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
alfredesin's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
tiffasaurusrex's review
5.0
I was very surprised by this book. The monsters are terrifying, the story is tight and fast-paced, and the characters were great. Can't wait for the rest of the series!
skoopatroopa's review
4.0
This was a fun little quick paced romp into the supernatural. I wonder if I'm a chime child now.
foreveryoungadult's review
Graded By: Meghan
Cover Story: Witness Protection Program
BFF Charm: Nah
Swoonworthy Scale: 1
Talky Talk: Goosebumps
Bonus Factor: Dark Esther
Relationship Status: Favor For a Friend
Read the full book report here.
Cover Story: Witness Protection Program
BFF Charm: Nah
Swoonworthy Scale: 1
Talky Talk: Goosebumps
Bonus Factor: Dark Esther
Relationship Status: Favor For a Friend
Read the full book report here.
dtaylorbooks's review
3.0
I was rather less than impressed with HUNTED. It had an interesting premise and it was pretty unique, and at times gruesome, but it didn’t leave much of an impression on me. Probably because it was written in a sort of easy reader kind of way, not very fleshed out. It kind of reminded me of those old school YA novels that I love so much (for their cheese). HUNTED wasn’t cheesy. It just wanted too great.
Callum is a character who’s curled into himself but despite that he isn’t tormented in school and gets along enough with the more popular people (that’s a bit Sueish but it’s not something that’s too prevalent and doesn’t actually aid the story any so it’s something I can look past). They don’t give him crap and they even seem to like him a little despite the fact that he’s done his best to shut everyone out (because teens like loner outcasts, obviously). He does end up having run-ins with one person in particular who is, of course, a bully, but his friendly neighborhood ghosts help him out. Or rather ghost, singular, and a grim. The ghosts Callum sees don’t usually interact with him.
He’s been able to see ghosts for as long as he can remember and as a result he doesn’t let a whole ton of people into his life because he doesn’t want them finding out about what he can do. Until Melissa who’s persistent in finding her way into Callum’s life to help him out. She’s your standard new age weirdo who does get made fun of and wears weirder than usual clothes and is really into the occult. Turns out she’s a beacon of knowledge and can help Callum figure out what’s going on better than he alone can. He certainly won’t get any help from his gran.
Gran who, of course, is hiding something. If you don’t know that from the get-go then you’re reading with your eyes closed. She’s kept things from him FOR HIS OWN GOOD and it’s pulling teeth to get her to tell him anything despite the fact that Callum’s neck deep in supernatural crap and trying to dig himself out of it. Still, nope. It’s for your own good. Trust me. No, gran. No.
HUNTED could be moody and creepy but not a whole lot of time is spent on those moments of the book. Like I intoned earlier the writing’s pretty simple and you get what’s going on but as a reader you’re not immersed in it so it leaves you wanting. At least it left me wanting.
I would have liked more. More characterization, more world-building, more focus on ghosts. Just more of everything. All of this is sprinkled throughout but it’s thin. As a reader you get just enough to get through the story but if you’re looking for a more in-depth horror story that will have you quaking HUNTED isn’t it. I wish it was, but it’s not. It’s simply okay.
3
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Callum is a character who’s curled into himself but despite that he isn’t tormented in school and gets along enough with the more popular people (that’s a bit Sueish but it’s not something that’s too prevalent and doesn’t actually aid the story any so it’s something I can look past). They don’t give him crap and they even seem to like him a little despite the fact that he’s done his best to shut everyone out (because teens like loner outcasts, obviously). He does end up having run-ins with one person in particular who is, of course, a bully, but his friendly neighborhood ghosts help him out. Or rather ghost, singular, and a grim. The ghosts Callum sees don’t usually interact with him.
He’s been able to see ghosts for as long as he can remember and as a result he doesn’t let a whole ton of people into his life because he doesn’t want them finding out about what he can do. Until Melissa who’s persistent in finding her way into Callum’s life to help him out. She’s your standard new age weirdo who does get made fun of and wears weirder than usual clothes and is really into the occult. Turns out she’s a beacon of knowledge and can help Callum figure out what’s going on better than he alone can. He certainly won’t get any help from his gran.
Gran who, of course, is hiding something. If you don’t know that from the get-go then you’re reading with your eyes closed. She’s kept things from him FOR HIS OWN GOOD and it’s pulling teeth to get her to tell him anything despite the fact that Callum’s neck deep in supernatural crap and trying to dig himself out of it. Still, nope. It’s for your own good. Trust me. No, gran. No.
HUNTED could be moody and creepy but not a whole lot of time is spent on those moments of the book. Like I intoned earlier the writing’s pretty simple and you get what’s going on but as a reader you’re not immersed in it so it leaves you wanting. At least it left me wanting.
I would have liked more. More characterization, more world-building, more focus on ghosts. Just more of everything. All of this is sprinkled throughout but it’s thin. As a reader you get just enough to get through the story but if you’re looking for a more in-depth horror story that will have you quaking HUNTED isn’t it. I wish it was, but it’s not. It’s simply okay.
3
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.