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A review by sylvilel
Nightbooks by J.A. White
2.0
Well. A young boy, afraid and alone, wanders into the night to complete a task he has set for himself. A door opens, and a strange woman lets him into her apartment.
And then the nightmare starts.
The woman is a witch, and has trapped the boy in the apartment. He cannot escape. She wants him to write stories. SCARY stories. But he can’t. He’s afraid. He’s afraid - of his own stories.
The corner stones in this story are everyday things turned to horror, storytelling, and oh, courage in unlikely places.
Well.
While the concept of a young boy shaping his future through the power of his horrible pen has some merit, it still felt overstudied, and oh god please stop it with the Writers 101 for kids. Please.
It tried too hard. It had some good potential, and then it was wrought too far out of bounds.
The only bits I really cared for were the ones about the cat.
Sorry ‘bout the rant, but that’s how it is.
And then the nightmare starts.
The woman is a witch, and has trapped the boy in the apartment. He cannot escape. She wants him to write stories. SCARY stories. But he can’t. He’s afraid. He’s afraid - of his own stories.
The corner stones in this story are everyday things turned to horror, storytelling, and oh, courage in unlikely places.
Well.
While the concept of a young boy shaping his future through the power of his horrible pen has some merit, it still felt overstudied, and oh god please stop it with the Writers 101 for kids. Please.
It tried too hard. It had some good potential, and then it was wrought too far out of bounds.
The only bits I really cared for were the ones about the cat.
Sorry ‘bout the rant, but that’s how it is.