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A review by eniahreads
The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
slow-paced
1.5
It's not like it was that bad... there were ideas, it was interesting. Sawyer's side, while the most cliché of a school shooter background, was intriguing, as well as how Jake and Sawyer were connected in their feelings, seeing how someone could understand him.
But it was also extremely low paced, boring, and with such confusing descriptions that it turns out I couldn't even grasp the horror from what was happening. There were stuff going on I couldn't understand what it was exactly. There's also no explanation of what Jake's capable to do, what the ghosts are capable to do, and the "rules" of that other world etc ; so you don't know the limits, you don't know if something happening is special, extraordinary, can't be happening, or totally normal.
I honestly gives a big feeling of the author totally understanding his world and how the story happens, while having no idea on how to explain that to the readers. I felt lost, I felt let down, I felt confused.
But it was also extremely low paced, boring, and with such confusing descriptions that it turns out I couldn't even grasp the horror from what was happening. There were stuff going on I couldn't understand what it was exactly. There's also no explanation of what Jake's capable to do, what the ghosts are capable to do, and the "rules" of that other world etc ; so you don't know the limits, you don't know if something happening is special, extraordinary, can't be happening, or totally normal.
I honestly gives a big feeling of the author totally understanding his world and how the story happens, while having no idea on how to explain that to the readers. I felt lost, I felt let down, I felt confused.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Mass/school shootings