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trinforeman 's review for:
Haunting You
by Molly Zenk
Thank you to Booktasters and Molly Zenk for sending me a copy of this book to review.
I want to start off this review by saying, I really liked the premise of this story, a haunted boarding house in a town called Haunting. A girl who lives every day with the dead. Past and present converging into one another. This novel sounds like something I would adore.
However, as I was reading this story the one thing that I continuously said to myself was, "well, that was abrupt." Nothing was fleshed out, leaving me with no meat to cling to. Too often the intriguing aspects were pushed to the wayside in favor of poorly written banter. I wanted more of the school, more of the town and more of the ghosts of the castle. I wanted to see these things alluded to in more detail. I would have liked to see more of her relationship with her father.
This left me with too much to imagine on my own. Sometimes it is great when an author leaves you on the edge of your seat, guessing at what is to come. Here, it was just annoying because all of the information that could have kept me interested just wasn't there.
I was also uninterested in the relationship dynamics of this story. If this were an era piece, it may have made more sense but the whole "I'm with him but I'm not happy about it" only works when the girl doesn't have options. In this society, just break up with him.
Also, the connection to Nate felt very forced and contrived. That whole aspect didn't make any sense to me.
I think this novel would have been so much better if some atmospheric aspects were in play here. But with that lack of them, the lack of believable relationship dynamics and the lack of any real connection to the characters, I can't give this story any better than a two star rating.
I want to start off this review by saying, I really liked the premise of this story, a haunted boarding house in a town called Haunting. A girl who lives every day with the dead. Past and present converging into one another. This novel sounds like something I would adore.
However, as I was reading this story the one thing that I continuously said to myself was, "well, that was abrupt." Nothing was fleshed out, leaving me with no meat to cling to. Too often the intriguing aspects were pushed to the wayside in favor of poorly written banter. I wanted more of the school, more of the town and more of the ghosts of the castle. I wanted to see these things alluded to in more detail. I would have liked to see more of her relationship with her father.
This left me with too much to imagine on my own. Sometimes it is great when an author leaves you on the edge of your seat, guessing at what is to come. Here, it was just annoying because all of the information that could have kept me interested just wasn't there.
I was also uninterested in the relationship dynamics of this story. If this were an era piece, it may have made more sense but the whole "I'm with him but I'm not happy about it" only works when the girl doesn't have options. In this society, just break up with him.
Also, the connection to Nate felt very forced and contrived. That whole aspect didn't make any sense to me.
I think this novel would have been so much better if some atmospheric aspects were in play here. But with that lack of them, the lack of believable relationship dynamics and the lack of any real connection to the characters, I can't give this story any better than a two star rating.