*Book source ~ NetGalley
Netherworld, #1
YA | Paranormal
23 September 2011
251 Pages
My Rating ~ 1 bite
DNF at 68%
Keely Morrison is so filled with grief and guilt
after the murder of her twin that she decides to end her own life just to make
the pain stop. Except it doesn’t. Stop, that is. She’s now an earthbound. Not
bad enough to go to hell and not good enough to go to heaven, she’s trapped in
purgatory until her fate is decided. Accompanied by a reaper and a demon, Keely
learns about her new existence all while trying to find her sister.
Blah, blah, blah. This story started out with so
much promise and then…crash and burn. I had to give up and mark it DNF at 68%.
I just couldn’t take another page of it. The first part, where Keely takes her
own life, is so well-written that I was on the edge of my seat, wild with
anticipation for what was to come. Boy, what a letdown. I slogged on and on and
on through terrible writing, shallow characters trying so hard to be deep, Keeley
being the biggest twat on her plane of existence, annoying facial expressions
of all kinds, and the secrets. Omfg, the secrets that the reaper and the demon
are keeping (as well as some random dude named Dave and her own sister), but
Keely just ignores. Because I mentioned she’s a twat, right? She swings so wildly
from whiny bitch to thoughtful and wise beyond her years and back again to the
whiny bitch that I wanted to either prescribe her some meds or just beat the
shit outta her. Seriously. By 68% I finally had to ask myself why I was still
reading such a terrible book. The answer was, I have no clue. It’s not like
anything was being revealed or explained or Keely suddenly grows a spine and
demands answers. So, goodbye Keely. I hope you go to hell, you whiny, self-centered,
stupid twat.
Ouch! I do like the book cover though.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the book cover's not bad.
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