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3.44 AVERAGE
3.44 AVERAGE
**2.75 stars
I enjoyed parts of the book but overall it just felt flat at lot of places. The main problem I had was that it was too immature. It was like a teen drama show with characters behaving illogically and events happening that are just stupid. The adults in this book take no real action and everyone is so nonchalant about certain things. The main group of girls were sometimes so immature and two of them just disappear halfway through. I would have enjoyed this book more if a 14yr old me was reading this.
With creeping being on the title I thought it would be a bit scary but it was spooky at certain places but not 'making you scared of the dark' scary.
The writing is good and at certain places does build a spooky scenic atmosphere. But at some times the writing does get immature as well.
The story started out rocky for me but it gets better as you get used to the characters. It gets very slow and the plot is dragged out in the middle. I didn't particularly like the twist at the end.
Overall it's a okay teen drama/ horror/ mystery book which would be enjoyed much better by a younger reader than a 21yr old me.
I enjoyed parts of the book but overall it just felt flat at lot of places. The main problem I had was that it was too immature. It was like a teen drama show with characters behaving illogically and events happening that are just stupid. The adults in this book take no real action and everyone is so nonchalant about certain things. The main group of girls were sometimes so immature and two of them just disappear halfway through. I would have enjoyed this book more if a 14yr old me was reading this.
With creeping being on the title I thought it would be a bit scary but it was spooky at certain places but not 'making you scared of the dark' scary.
The writing is good and at certain places does build a spooky scenic atmosphere. But at some times the writing does get immature as well.
The story started out rocky for me but it gets better as you get used to the characters. It gets very slow and the plot is dragged out in the middle. I didn't particularly like the twist at the end.
Overall it's a okay teen drama/ horror/ mystery book which would be enjoyed much better by a younger reader than a 21yr old me.
The Creeping was definitely creepy. It fulfilled my desire for a nice suspenseful read quite nicely. There was plenty of action and a compelling mystery.
Stella kind of annoyed me at first because it seemed like all she cared about was being popular, but she grew on me by the end. I didn't like Zoey at all either. She was very superficial and kind of a stuck up snob. I couldn't figure out why Stella liked her. By the end of the novel, I thought she was okay. Her two other friends were fairly extraneous and weren't in the story much. I wasn't sure why they needed to be a group of 4 when the book would have worked just fine with just zoey and Stella.
The story itself was very interesting with a lot of twists and turns. I could not put this book down - I just had to keep reading to unravel the mystery. I figured out who did it fairly early on, but I still enjoyed watching the whole thing come together.
Stella kind of annoyed me at first because it seemed like all she cared about was being popular, but she grew on me by the end. I didn't like Zoey at all either. She was very superficial and kind of a stuck up snob. I couldn't figure out why Stella liked her. By the end of the novel, I thought she was okay. Her two other friends were fairly extraneous and weren't in the story much. I wasn't sure why they needed to be a group of 4 when the book would have worked just fine with just zoey and Stella.
The story itself was very interesting with a lot of twists and turns. I could not put this book down - I just had to keep reading to unravel the mystery. I figured out who did it fairly early on, but I still enjoyed watching the whole thing come together.
3 and a 1/2 stars given an extra half because I did stay up late to finish it and at one point a door in our hall slammed and I jumped 4 feet off the couch.
I enjoyed the book and the scares, although I figured out whodunit long before the reveal. It took me awhile to warm up to Stella, she's a little or a lot flip floppy in the first half of the book and Zoey took even longer for me to come around to liking. Stella's other two friends were kind of unnecessary and could have been less featured. Sam was awesome, but the overuse of the nickname Hella Stella when we first meet him and the way Stella talks about his eyes as muddy brown (and she means this in a positive way) grated my nerves a bit. Muddy brown is not sexy, not ever. And what kind of mud are we talking about? I lived in Oklahoma for years and the mud there is kind of reddish. I have no idea what mud looks like in Minnesota. Maybe Minnesota does have some sexy mud? Can any Minnesotans clear this up for me? Maybe send me a pic of your very attractive mud?
What worked for me was the mystery and the legend of the Creeping. That Norse legend? That's going to stay with me and disturb me for a long time to come. Also, once Stella starts really getting into the Jeanie's disappearance she becomes a much stronger character. Plus there is a steamy scene between her and the love interest that was very well done while still staying in YA bounds.
At over 400 pages, I was concerned that the book wouldn't hold my interest, but it did. I'm a fan of YA Horrors and Thrillers and it's always nice to read a book that manages to scare and thrill me a little. Reading this book may require you to get your own unicorn nightlight like Zoey and Caleb use. ;)
I enjoyed the book and the scares, although I figured out whodunit long before the reveal. It took me awhile to warm up to Stella, she's a little or a lot flip floppy in the first half of the book and Zoey took even longer for me to come around to liking. Stella's other two friends were kind of unnecessary and could have been less featured. Sam was awesome, but the overuse of the nickname Hella Stella when we first meet him and the way Stella talks about his eyes as muddy brown (and she means this in a positive way) grated my nerves a bit. Muddy brown is not sexy, not ever. And what kind of mud are we talking about? I lived in Oklahoma for years and the mud there is kind of reddish. I have no idea what mud looks like in Minnesota. Maybe Minnesota does have some sexy mud? Can any Minnesotans clear this up for me? Maybe send me a pic of your very attractive mud?
What worked for me was the mystery and the legend of the Creeping. That Norse legend? That's going to stay with me and disturb me for a long time to come. Also, once Stella starts really getting into the Jeanie's disappearance she becomes a much stronger character. Plus there is a steamy scene between her and the love interest that was very well done while still staying in YA bounds.
At over 400 pages, I was concerned that the book wouldn't hold my interest, but it did. I'm a fan of YA Horrors and Thrillers and it's always nice to read a book that manages to scare and thrill me a little. Reading this book may require you to get your own unicorn nightlight like Zoey and Caleb use. ;)
I was in the mood for a creepy thriller and this definitely scratched the itch. I really didn't know what direction this book was going to go and that's a good thing. I really liked how although it was about monsters it also was about friendship and loyalty as well. This felt like a story about a girl figuring out who she really is while also dealing with a horrifying situation. I will definitely be reading more by this author in the future.
Read for free on Rivetedlit.com October 2019
Okay, this went way better than the previous October 2019 free reads.
The start was decidedly not boring unlike the rest of October's free fare.
I wasn't a big fan of the MC Stella & her friends in the beginning. All the popular girl nastiness and jokey name calling between themselves, like "slutarella", "Slutini", and "lesbos".
But the mystery and weird circumstances got me.
Also, total sucker for a good guy cinnamon roll like Sam.
Stella grew on me while exploring the mystery and standing up to Zoey. Then Zoey got somehow less irritating in the mix as well. I actually ended up liking them all in the end.
I thought it was over with...certain revelations. But I appreciate the follow through with more details & the message about news reporting, journalism, and paranormal stuff like The Creeping. Well done.
Okay, this went way better than the previous October 2019 free reads.
The start was decidedly not boring unlike the rest of October's free fare.
I wasn't a big fan of the MC Stella & her friends in the beginning. All the popular girl nastiness and jokey name calling between themselves, like "slutarella", "Slutini", and "lesbos".
But the mystery and weird circumstances got me.
Also, total sucker for a good guy cinnamon roll like Sam.
Stella grew on me while exploring the mystery and standing up to Zoey. Then Zoey got somehow less irritating in the mix as well. I actually ended up liking them all in the end.
I thought it was over with...certain revelations. But I appreciate the follow through with more details & the message about news reporting, journalism, and paranormal stuff like The Creeping. Well done.
Another Riveted book made available in full this month, I’m kind of torn on it.
Story-wise I think it was great. Super creepy and a slow burn with the horror and the scares and the way the plot led you one way, then another, and then backtracked down that original way was pretty solid. I really like books that play that line between supernatural and reality and is there something haunting the woods or isn’t there? Leaving that question open makes it even spookier, I think.
Stella isn’t the greatest character and the book starts off with her basically undermining a dead child, rationalizing that she lived to become popular and Jeanie would have been nothing because she wasn’t much when she was a kid. It was really off-putting going in and I was wondering if it was going to be like this all the way through. Maybe halfway with a taper. And then after Sam, long-time love interest who was abandoned by Stella because he wasn’t cool enough, beats her over the head with the obvious, the book starts backing into her rationalizing and but OH SHE SECRETLY LOVED HIM AND THAT MAKES IT BETTER. Does it, though? Because even though there’s a big reconciliation at the end we’re still ignoring the fact that Zoey, Stella’s BFF, is actually fairly nasty and self-centered and Stella adopted all of that because reasons and we’re just brushing that away.
Another issue I had was the insistent use of words like crazy, schizo, spazz, and Stella constantly referring to how she’s not going crazy, she’s not some freak who’s lost her mind (because popular people don’t do that, apparently) and all manner of derogatory words that just made her all the more off-putting and insensitive. It made me flinch every time something like that cropped up and it was at least once a chapter. For a book that came out in 2015 I’m surprised that there was this much mental illness = bad and mental illness pejoratives in the book. Sure, it could be chalked up to that just being Stella’s character, but there are other ways around that than using such loaded words, I think.
Again, I actually really liked the story itself. I thought it was moody and creepy and toed the line of supernatural and psychological really well. I was captivated by it and couldn’t stop reading. But the things I mentioned above did keep me from really loving it. I wanted to love it. But Stella as a character and the mentally ill = bad things are hard to get around. If those things weren’t there, and Stella weren’t so gross out the door I would have really liked it.
3
Story-wise I think it was great. Super creepy and a slow burn with the horror and the scares and the way the plot led you one way, then another, and then backtracked down that original way was pretty solid. I really like books that play that line between supernatural and reality and is there something haunting the woods or isn’t there? Leaving that question open makes it even spookier, I think.
Stella isn’t the greatest character and the book starts off with her basically undermining a dead child, rationalizing that she lived to become popular and Jeanie would have been nothing because she wasn’t much when she was a kid. It was really off-putting going in and I was wondering if it was going to be like this all the way through. Maybe halfway with a taper. And then after Sam, long-time love interest who was abandoned by Stella because he wasn’t cool enough, beats her over the head with the obvious, the book starts backing into her rationalizing and but OH SHE SECRETLY LOVED HIM AND THAT MAKES IT BETTER. Does it, though? Because even though there’s a big reconciliation at the end we’re still ignoring the fact that Zoey, Stella’s BFF, is actually fairly nasty and self-centered and Stella adopted all of that because reasons and we’re just brushing that away.
Another issue I had was the insistent use of words like crazy, schizo, spazz, and Stella constantly referring to how she’s not going crazy, she’s not some freak who’s lost her mind (because popular people don’t do that, apparently) and all manner of derogatory words that just made her all the more off-putting and insensitive. It made me flinch every time something like that cropped up and it was at least once a chapter. For a book that came out in 2015 I’m surprised that there was this much mental illness = bad and mental illness pejoratives in the book. Sure, it could be chalked up to that just being Stella’s character, but there are other ways around that than using such loaded words, I think.
Again, I actually really liked the story itself. I thought it was moody and creepy and toed the line of supernatural and psychological really well. I was captivated by it and couldn’t stop reading. But the things I mentioned above did keep me from really loving it. I wanted to love it. But Stella as a character and the mentally ill = bad things are hard to get around. If those things weren’t there, and Stella weren’t so gross out the door I would have really liked it.
3
I just didn't connect with this one. The main "popular" character just seemed vapid and I just really didn't care about her at all or her relationships. It felt like horror lite. Was there a monster? Who cares!
This was a good book. A bit slow at the beginning, but I enjoyed it and it had a good amount of suspense. It wasn't too creepy but that's fine by me. All in all I enjoyed this book.
ok this took FOREVER to get into but i did like the end!
To me, this book was a letdown.
But I wouldn't say it's a bad book, rather it didn't live up to my expectations, hence the 2-star rating. I would still recommend it to those who enjoy books with mystery and romance elements in them. Perhaps I would have enjoyed this book more if I didn't read the synopsis.
So tip before reading: don't read the synopsis and just explore the plot piece by piece. Maybe I would've appreciated it more.
But I wouldn't say it's a bad book, rather it didn't live up to my expectations, hence the 2-star rating. I would still recommend it to those who enjoy books with mystery and romance elements in them. Perhaps I would have enjoyed this book more if I didn't read the synopsis.
So tip before reading: don't read the synopsis and just explore the plot piece by piece. Maybe I would've appreciated it more.