Superstitious

Rating:
Summary: Wow
Review: The opening of this book is excellent.. the story, the plot, the suspense.. everything.. I could not put this book down, except when I had to sleep, and I took it to work and school with me. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of stories that grab you, intrigue you, and ultimately scare you, with an ending that makes you say.. "Wow.." Also to fans, and soon-to-be fans of R.L Stine who have read his fear street books, and so on... His entrance into adult fiction is applauded

Rating:
Summary: Not Bad, Not Great
Review: This is popular author R.L. Stine's debut in the adult fiction world as he is most famous for his "Goosebumps" and "Fear Street" series, which are both aimed at kids and teenagers. As with Stine's previous works, he is not a master of the craft with intricate plots, great characters, and development. Stine writes novels that are mostly plot driven, leaving out a lot of character development and details. This is great for a reader that is not looking for the latter but readers that do enjoy this stuff should seek entertainment with a different book.

Sara Morgan is a woman that lives in a college town and is seeking work, so she takes a job with the dean of students at the university. She then starts seeing a professor at the school, Liam, an Irish born guy that believes in superstitions. Meanwhile, there are many gruesome, terrible murders taking place in the town and an investigation is started. This novel takes you into the affair of Sara and Liam and parts of the investigation.

If you are looking for a thriller that is very involved with the police investagations then this book is not for you. As far as Stine gets with the police stuff is taking you to the scene of the crime and describing lots of gore. Stine's writing is very easy to read though it does come off as very childish at times. This is an easy book to zip right through because of this, but for readers looking for entwined and detailed writing should look somewhere else.

One of the problems I had with the book was the lack of depth. Everything in the book was presented very quickly and Stine never dug deep enough to make the reader feel involved with the story on an emotional level. Instead of getting in touch with major plot events in the book the reader will be pulled into graphic sex scenes, which may be a bit much for certain readers. In fact, much of this book reads like an erotic novel do to the amount of sex and how Stine describes it. I wasn't bothered by this but I am certain that more sensitive and younger readers may.

Furthermore, the characters in "Superstitious" are not developed much, leaving the reader with a feeling that gives off a type of incompleteness. I like to read about characters that are well developed and make you care about them, but that was just lacking here. Sara is a likeable character but she just comes off as being too good. There is not much to identify with Sara.

Overall, "Superstitious" lacks the depth to make it great. This is an enjoyable novel that can be read very quickly as it has short chapters and is easy to read. If you're looking for a quick little beach read, this will be good for that.

Happy Reading!

Rating:
Summary: Best Book Ever
Review: This is the best book I have ever read. I could not put this book down, all I did was eat and read. There is no way anyone can come close to making a book as good as this one. Everytime you turn the page there is always a new twist. I will always remeber this book, it is diffently #1 on my list!!!!!