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A review by froydis
Halloween Nightmares - Color Edition: The Amazing Adventures Of Harry Moon by Mark Andrew Poe
1.0
Thank you to Edelweiss and Rabbit Books for early access to this title.
Well, I don't often do this, but here is a negative review. Its not just that this book was an obvious rip-off of Harry Potter, combined with elements of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Harvey the large invisible rabbit, and an awkward and strange version of Christianity; this book was just badly written. I wasn't bothered by the pastiche of pop culture and religion - good writing and characters could have carried this off. But Harry Moon and the other folks in this novel were all two-dimensional, completely unbelievable characters. The dialogue is stilted, the language is amateurish, the storyline is silly (in a bad way), and the construction of the scenes has no logical internal order. There are some illustrations in this edition, which are also fairly amateurish, but I did like the way the artist changed and expanded on the Headless Horseman that graces the beginning of each chapter.
Bottom line? Skip this one. There are so many other well-written, well plotted, imaginative and delightful kids books out there, its not worth wasting your time on this one. A big thumbs down from me.
Well, I don't often do this, but here is a negative review. Its not just that this book was an obvious rip-off of Harry Potter, combined with elements of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Harvey the large invisible rabbit, and an awkward and strange version of Christianity; this book was just badly written. I wasn't bothered by the pastiche of pop culture and religion - good writing and characters could have carried this off. But Harry Moon and the other folks in this novel were all two-dimensional, completely unbelievable characters. The dialogue is stilted, the language is amateurish, the storyline is silly (in a bad way), and the construction of the scenes has no logical internal order. There are some illustrations in this edition, which are also fairly amateurish, but I did like the way the artist changed and expanded on the Headless Horseman that graces the beginning of each chapter.
Bottom line? Skip this one. There are so many other well-written, well plotted, imaginative and delightful kids books out there, its not worth wasting your time on this one. A big thumbs down from me.