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A review by rachaelanra
Welcome to the Dark House by Laurie Faria Stolarz
3.0
It was an okay read. The writing was good, gave enough details to understand the characters a bit, and was able to set the right mood when it needed. However, there are some things that kind of annoyed me when reading.
First off, the multiple perspectives. The characters were fine, in fact two of them, Ivy and Natalie were interesting for me. But the rest of them kind of blended together sometimes. When reading, it was hard to remember who was who. This confusion on characters just drew me out of the story for a bit. Either the characters were too similar with each other, or there was just to many of them to keep track of.
Second, I was not really here for the romance. I didn't like it and felt out of place. I mean, they just met. I can get wanting to be friends and spend a lot of time with each other, since they have interests in common, but a romance between characters just seemed out of place.
Thirdly, Parker's scripts. They didn't bring anything to the story. I was sort of hoping that his interest in script would help them get out of the park, but that never happened. I don't know, not a fan of them.
Fourthly, the story took too long with set up. I wanted to just drop the book because it was taking to long to get to the point.
But, once we were in the park, things started to pick up. It was awesome to see how these kids nightmare essays played out in the park, and was the best part of the book. My favorite was Frankie's, since he's whole ride showed his fear. Natalie's felt rushed and too short. It also felt lackluster. With Garth's ride, I felt he got cheated a little bit. His ride section could have been more tense, since he was the one who seemed to love Blake's work the most out of the whole group.
I'm still gonna read the second book, since I liked this story enough to continue.
First off, the multiple perspectives. The characters were fine, in fact two of them, Ivy and Natalie were interesting for me. But the rest of them kind of blended together sometimes. When reading, it was hard to remember who was who. This confusion on characters just drew me out of the story for a bit. Either the characters were too similar with each other, or there was just to many of them to keep track of.
Second, I was not really here for the romance. I didn't like it and felt out of place. I mean, they just met. I can get wanting to be friends and spend a lot of time with each other, since they have interests in common, but a romance between characters just seemed out of place.
Thirdly, Parker's scripts. They didn't bring anything to the story. I was sort of hoping that his interest in script would help them get out of the park, but that never happened. I don't know, not a fan of them.
Fourthly, the story took too long with set up. I wanted to just drop the book because it was taking to long to get to the point.
But, once we were in the park, things started to pick up. It was awesome to see how these kids nightmare essays played out in the park, and was the best part of the book. My favorite was Frankie's, since he's whole ride showed his fear. Natalie's felt rushed and too short. It also felt lackluster. With Garth's ride, I felt he got cheated a little bit. His ride section could have been more tense, since he was the one who seemed to love Blake's work the most out of the whole group.
I'm still gonna read the second book, since I liked this story enough to continue.