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A review by andipants
Insanity by Susan Vaught
Did not finish book.
DNF at 213 pages. I was looking forward to a good creepfest here, but for as scary as the events in this book ought to be, I mostly just found myself yawning. Not to mention it leans much more heavily toward paranormal fantasy than true horror; frickin' everybody has magic powers, or special auras, or is a semi-immortal person with magical blood, or whatever else. Not really my jam.
And the construction left a lot to be desired. The pacing was jumpy; there was a lot of dull, info-dumpy exposition, and then suddenly they're battling a demon. And even that felt less satisfying than I would have expected; I definitely ended up skimming a major action scene, because it mostly felt boring and repetitive. And having the POV split between the different characters meant that just as I found myself getting into one character's head, suddenly they're gone and we're on to someone else. This led to a severe lack of character development.
Normally when I get this far into a book, especially a teen book (which tend to be quicker reads, anyway), I'll power through and finish it, just to see what happens, but picking this one up again was becoming so much of a chore, I really couldn't justify it. Next.
And the construction left a lot to be desired. The pacing was jumpy; there was a lot of dull, info-dumpy exposition, and then suddenly they're battling a demon. And even that felt less satisfying than I would have expected; I definitely ended up skimming a major action scene, because it mostly felt boring and repetitive. And having the POV split between the different characters meant that just as I found myself getting into one character's head, suddenly they're gone and we're on to someone else. This led to a severe lack of character development.
Normally when I get this far into a book, especially a teen book (which tend to be quicker reads, anyway), I'll power through and finish it, just to see what happens, but picking this one up again was becoming so much of a chore, I really couldn't justify it. Next.