Poorly wrtten, poorly read

I finished the book but only out of principle, not out of actual enjoyment.
There were parts that were alright but overall I found the story to be unrealistic, poorly researched and filled with bizarre and unnecessary metaphors and similes. There are too many sections that could have been removed completely that would’ve made no impact on the overall story, e.g. the situation with carnival worker on the ghost train - completely unnecessary.

The behaviour of certain characters in the story is absurdly cruel and aggressive at points and it doesn’t make sense, like the way the police act, the way the “protagonists” partner acts, the way the podcast host interacts with Cherry with wild and in reality, there’s no way he would get away with essentially doxxing someone - that is illegal. To follow on from that point, the plot of this story only works if you ignore the way things work in the real world and in my opinion it makes for a poorly written story. There’s suspension of reality but then there’s this.

The narration also feels quite melodramatic and forced. It feel like they’re trying too hard to be menacing or sad and the delivery of certain parts were kind of laughable and distracted from what was being said.

I don’t want to keep carrying on but there was a lot I didn’t enjoy.

My rating is a 3 but in reality it’s like a 2.5 at best.

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