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A review by daniellelouis_
The Toy Thief by D.W. Gillespie
2.0
I had quiet high hopes for The Toy Thief, I hoped it would get me into the creepy October spirit, but I personally felt that the book was more focused on a self-living narrator and her family situation,rather than the creepy rat - like monster, that steals toys.
The storyline, jumps from a young Jacqueline to an older version (aka Jacks) but there's no clear indication when that's going to happen, most books I have read with this type of storyline provides alternative chapters. As it was, it felt quite disorganised.
The writing itself was imaginative but I felt maybe the imaginatively was aimed at a more irrelevant area of the book? For example,the home life; which really distracted from the main story. The creepy episodes occurred sparsely; far and few inbetween, Jack's first actual physical interaction with the toy thief was creepy but considering this was categorised as a horror, I was expecting a bit more.
I would have rated this a 2.5 Because for a debut novel, it is satisfactory but I really was hoping for a keep me awake horror! I've added the 0.5 due to the front cover being amazing!!
The storyline, jumps from a young Jacqueline to an older version (aka Jacks) but there's no clear indication when that's going to happen, most books I have read with this type of storyline provides alternative chapters. As it was, it felt quite disorganised.
The writing itself was imaginative but I felt maybe the imaginatively was aimed at a more irrelevant area of the book? For example,the home life; which really distracted from the main story. The creepy episodes occurred sparsely; far and few inbetween, Jack's first actual physical interaction with the toy thief was creepy but considering this was categorised as a horror, I was expecting a bit more.
I would have rated this a 2.5 Because for a debut novel, it is satisfactory but I really was hoping for a keep me awake horror! I've added the 0.5 due to the front cover being amazing!!