There are so many stereotypes I could barely keep up. You can tell that a lot of this book is just a copy of a copy of a copy in terms of style and character creation. The craziness of the adults’ plotlines is not augmented in a way that makes things clear, realistic or even relevant to the central plot, which meant I didn’t care about them as characters, in turn, heightening how preposterous their actions were. Honestly, how they haven’t superglued their hands to their faces yet is beyond me.
That sentiment extends to the secondary characters, who have no real backstory, but are given these absolutely absurd present-day plotlines – they are all adults who can’t let go of their college years/relationships, are sleeping with people who aren’t their spouses, seem to have zero control over their actions as if they all have personality disorders, are plotting the murder of their wives and struggling with serious addiction issues… but also, they all have kids and enjoy an organized family vacation together yearly… and I just… It seems as though the author wrote from a perspective of “that’s how I’ve seen it done before” instead of from personal experience. The only clear personality trait Maddie was given was the need to drool, fawn and gush over boys. She was a promising character that was unfortunately written by a man who obviously has no idea how teen girls behave or speak or feel. It also came across as if the author has no idea how drugs and alcohol affect a person, and instead wrote scenes based off a Just Say No pamphlet from the Reagan years.Īnd poor, sweet Maddie!! I feel for the young girl. There is a serious lack of scene building throughout, making everything feel silly, cookie-cutter and one-dimensional. It’s not scary, the teen drama is ridiculous, the writing is mediocre, the dialogue was full-on cringe and every last character was so annoying I couldn’t roll my eyes hard enough. It sounds like it should be a bloody, stabby, scary good time, unfortunately, it’s a bit of a dud. By the next evening, weird things have been happening around the campsite and Maddie realizes that the scary stories they told the night before are coming to true.
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