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1.0 out of 5 stars Not Worth the Money, Nov 4 2000

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Patricia P. Taylor (Houston, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drawn to the Grave (Paperback)

I bought this book based on reviews, and the promise of an unusual premise. Many first novels are wonderful, but this is not one of them. The characters seem one-note personalities, without development (unless you count rot as movement), and thus hard to care about. While the idea of the story is compelling, the plot is manipulated to the point that I stopped looking for logic, reason, or even the power to suspend disbelief. The book is horror-fantasy, to be sure, but if I can't believe a word of it, then it doesn't work for me. The prose seems wooden, and I was finally so frustrated with it that I threw it on the floor. I don't often have a book tantrum, but unfortunately, this novel brought one on. I hate to discourage first time writers, but I hope Ms. Mitchell gets better editing on her next effort, because her work this time out really doesn't seem ready to be presented as a finished, polished book.

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1.0 out of 5 stars The Worst Book I've Ever Read, Oct 31 2000

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"jeremy_sutton" (Korea (South)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Drawn to the Grave (Paperback)

This was one of the worst books I have ever read (and I am a bibliophile if ever there was one!).

The plot is ridiculous, the characters are not well-developed at all, and the entire time I was reading, I kept asking myself... "Is this for real? No one would react like this!" I've heard of suspension of disbelief, but this is ridiculous!!

Save your time and money...take my advice...stay away from this novel!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Don't read while eating!, Aug 21 2000

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B. Marburger "HorrorLuvr" (Goodyear, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drawn to the Grave (Paperback)

I love horror. Always have, probably always will, and I have a horrible tendency to read while eating lunch at work. This book is the only one (recently, at least) that bothered me. It's very graphic and the descriptions actually make you picture what Beverly is going through. Truly a fun and fast read, but be forewarned, finish your lunch before picking this one up.

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