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Summary: Predictable
Review: There are no major points for this book. I quickly figured out who the human "villain" in this story was, and the climax was a major drag. It keeps the mystery alive, but it comes across as nothing more than explaining what certain symbols mean. It has to be a lighter version of HALLOWEEN 6, which talked about some of the same symbols. I have the best idea for the final Blair Witch movie. Have all serial killers from the movies battle it out to see who will be the ruler of the woods in Burkittsville.
Rating: 
Summary: Not bad!
Review: This book has a very interesting storyline. Considering its true, I think it's a little farfetched, though. It fits in perfectly with the story of The Blair Witch, but the story does become unrealistic & predictable. Still, I enjoyed it just as much as the other books in the series!
Rating:
Summary: Not bad!
Review: This book has a very interesting storyline. Considering its true, I think it's a little farfetched, though. It fits in perfectly with the story of The Blair Witch, but the story does become unrealistic & predictable. Still, I enjoyed it just as much as the other books in the series!
Rating: 
Summary: Disappointing
Review: This book was alot better than the movie, but that ending that was given was a little to rushed. Also the villian (and I use the term lightly) was VERY obvious. I think this book had a great story, but if it was longer and more developed it would be ten times better. Still this is a great start for a YA series, and a book wich was partly made after a very mediocre movie.
Rating:
Summary: Good but not Great
Review: This book was alot better than the movie, but that ending that was given was a little to rushed. Also the villian (and I use the term lightly) was VERY obvious. I think this book had a great story, but if it was longer and more developed it would be ten times better. Still this is a great start for a YA series, and a book wich was partly made after a very mediocre movie.
Rating:
Summary: So-so.
Review: When he was a child, Harper Kemp and the other orphan boys tortured poor Lee Irwin, leaving her miserable life in ruins. As the years went by, the boys grew up and died in bizarre "accidents", and a regretful Harper Kemp finds himself an old man, traped in a failing body hooked to hospital machinery.The only hope is that grandson Justin Petit will find Lee Irwin before she finds Harper. Let's start with the first weak link in the chain. Justin Petit is a two-dimensional, atypical horror hero. The Freddie Prince, Jr. of prose, Justin's a great fella, he simply lacks depth. He and his grandfather have no past relationship. His sole motivation for believing the tale is "It'll make him feel better." Yeah, sure. And as for Harper, all he does is rant and rave. "Get me out of here! She's coming!" I desperately needed some form of connection between these two! The story takes an early twist when Justin meets a pretty young nurse named Leslie Wolf, but her intentions are painfully obvious and I often felt like smacking Justin upside the noggin! Things are slow with a few scares that have nothing to do with the plot, but the story almost picks up when the diary of Lee Irwin is found. Her capture by Rustin Parr, an important figure in Blair Witch lore, should be a wonderful obervation and descent into insanity, but the serial killer is reduced to a Leatherface-style redneck hobbling around at the bidding of a ghostly woman - the Blair Witch. Suspense is forgotten. Nothing new is explored. The opportunity is wasted. The novel jumps back and forth between Lee and Harper in the past and Justin and Leslie in the present. It's nice, but could've used a little structuring so a form of contrast would come out of the developing plot lines. Instead, one plot develops for 30 pages, then another goes on for a while, then back to another. Ellis (* see note at bottom) doesn't even give me cliffhangers to build interest. Lee Irwin's story is a tragic one and would've made a better novel on its own. It still suffers from bad writing, but the character is interesting. Following her parents' death by salmonella, Lee (Louise at the time) is dumped on her widowed aunt who, in turn, forces Lee to dress as a male and dumps her at the Oakbridge Home for Boys. Here's where trouble begins between Lee, Harper, and the other kids. The scenes in the Orphanage are tense, but from cruelty rather than fear. The boys are brutal, completely lacking in remorse. This leaves them as cardboard characters with no differences beyond their names. Why couldn't some be her friends and some her enemies? All revenge stories need the person who didn't want to perform the crime but was forced into it. Where is he? We need him here! What gets me is that Lee is the most sympathetic character. Harper never once does anything to make up for what he did to her. And Justin doesn't have anything interesting enough happen to him. I wish they would have kept Lee as a tormented soul rather than make her totally evil in the end. Yeah, she should be out for revenge, but the reader should still sympathize with her. Instead, she becomes the unlikely bad guy. A great twist would involve Justin realizing his grandfather is to blame, so he takes Lee's side. It would've wrapped things up nicely. All in all, the whole thing feels rushed. A bit of polishing here and there, a bit more depth to the characters, and this could've been as good as the second book in the series, the unforgettable DARK ROOM. Speaking of DARK ROOM, why not make Cade Merril the hero and drop all this Justin Petit nonsense? (* Note: each of these books were done by a different writer. For the identity of each guest writer -- in this case, Carol Ellis -- check out the first name on the acknowledgements page.)
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