julie_loves_books's review
2.0
I found this book on Goodreads and was very excited to read it, as it sounded very different. Where else can you get a book about a girl with a sixth finger that can help find things?
I think the plot is original and some of the characters are too, but I have some questions left after finishing the book: what were the dark 'spirits' and what happened to the missing shoes. I think I wanted to hear those stories as much as the main plot.
I think the plot is original and some of the characters are too, but I have some questions left after finishing the book: what were the dark 'spirits' and what happened to the missing shoes. I think I wanted to hear those stories as much as the main plot.
sireno8's review
3.0
A fast-paced and entertaining read if a little light weight (as far as horror/adventure books go). It starts and finishes strong and the author is very good at creating suspense and sustaining momentum. She also draws interesting colorful adult characters (particularly the bayou locals) but her children don't ring true and she has tendency to pull her punches--ie a chapter ends or the focus switches right before something bad happens. This is a relief, of course, because the author has created likeable characters, but as it continues to happen you get the sense that nothing really bad is going to happen to anyone.
pandaplantain's review
3.0
I did like this book, for the most part. I was a bit weirded out by the psychic sixth finger, though. The ending was a bit odd, too. Like when Trevor and his friend, and then Vern, turned up dead. That seemed a bit out of the blue, even if we already knew they were going out there. Also, I felt like the whole book was a big build-up for when they finally went to find the kids, and at the very end it fizzled. It wasn't that it was a bad ending, just that it could have been a lot more exciting.
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