A review by crowyhead
Hang Wire by Adam Christopher

2.0

This is a pretty entertaining, but not earth-shattering, book. Call it two and a half stars out of five. There are a lot of intriguing bits. Unfortunately, the whole thing didn't quite hang together for me -- it was hard to feel much of a connection to most of the characters, and I am still not entirely clear on what happened at the end. There's a lot of interesting action and some great imagery, but it all feels very superficial and strangely slick, almost more like a movie treatment than a novel.

Also, the author makes the unfortunate mistake of confusing Point Pleasant, WV (of Mothman fame) with Point Pleasant, NJ (no Mothmen there). I suppose he can be forgiven, given that he's from New Zealand, but it's really disappointing that no one caught this during the process of bringing the book to press, given that the wrong state is in the chapter heading.