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myiadestiny 's review for:
The Creeping
by Alexandra Sirowy
So when I began reading the book the first thing that stood out was the language the author used for the teenaged characters. As a teenage reader, it didn’t connect with me at all. Also the way the author continually writes about Zoey and Stella’s social standings at school truly bothered me. Honestly, I don’t think it’s realistic at all. At some points the author focuses on popularity and social standing so much, it started to bug me. We get it, Zoey and Stella are the uber populars at school, the queen bees. We get it, Zoey is a stone cold bitch that no one messes with. We get it, Stella would be nothing without Zoey propelling her to star status. We. Get. It.
The next complaint I have with the book is the fact it never truly felt like a thriller to me. I finished this book so quickly because I wanted to keep reading to see if it ever picked up the pace. Everything in this book was god awful slow. Somethings didn’t need explaining and definitely a few pages could’ve been left out and the book would’ve been just fine. Even the climax of the book didn’t feel like a climax! I feel like I have blue balls from this book (even though I’m not a man.) The author could’ve done so much more with the story than the anti climatic mess we were given. I hated the ending; it was a complete let down to what could’ve been an exciting end of an already lackluster book. The author should’ve kept the premise of a monster in the town of Savage. Overall, it’s not a book I would read again and I feel let down because there’s so much more that could’ve been done with the book. If I could give this a 2.5 star rating I would, but I’d rather give it a 3 star rather than a 2.
High points of the book:
•Stella and Sam’s relationship (sometimes overshadows the main idea though)
•Zoey and Stella’s relationship (even though Zoey is manipulative)
•The mystery of what is happening in the town of Savage
•Anything having to do with Mrs. Griever
The next complaint I have with the book is the fact it never truly felt like a thriller to me. I finished this book so quickly because I wanted to keep reading to see if it ever picked up the pace. Everything in this book was god awful slow. Somethings didn’t need explaining and definitely a few pages could’ve been left out and the book would’ve been just fine. Even the climax of the book didn’t feel like a climax! I feel like I have blue balls from this book (even though I’m not a man.) The author could’ve done so much more with the story than the anti climatic mess we were given. I hated the ending; it was a complete let down to what could’ve been an exciting end of an already lackluster book. The author should’ve kept the premise of a monster in the town of Savage. Overall, it’s not a book I would read again and I feel let down because there’s so much more that could’ve been done with the book. If I could give this a 2.5 star rating I would, but I’d rather give it a 3 star rather than a 2.
High points of the book:
•Stella and Sam’s relationship (sometimes overshadows the main idea though)
•Zoey and Stella’s relationship (even though Zoey is manipulative)
•The mystery of what is happening in the town of Savage
•Anything having to do with Mrs. Griever