A review by trevert
Oblivion by Jay Bonansinga

2.0

Sadly, I have to give this one a "Meh". It had a great setting (Ex-priest called in to exorcise haunted house, which turns out to be the White House, then gets locked down during a winter storm over the Christmas holidays). The concept alone was excellent, and kept me reading, but I thought the writing style could have used a lot of improvement... Cliches abounded, everything happened "at the very last possible second", everyone drops their flashlights (Low on batteries, natch) in the dark during scare scenes, and so on. The breathless narration of the audiobook version I listened to definitely didn't help, and I wonder if the book would be better in written form, without the reader reciting the whole thing in what feels like a dead run.

Bottom line - OK, but I've read much better horror than this.