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If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkens
Did not finish book. Stopped at 68%.
Thanks, St. Martin's Griffin and Libro.FM, for the arc and ALC.
IF I STOPPED HAUNTING YOU by Colby Wilkens sounds like an incredible premise and book I would love, but sadly, it does not live up to the incredibleness that it could have been. There were too many ideas in one bucket and too much repetition. And with wishy-washy characters who didn't make up their mind until it was bizarre moments like Penelope deciding to hook up with Neil before they went ghost hunting because what if they didn't make it. I get that it is like a tropey scary movie thing, but a few chapters prior, she hated him. Maybe I just never believed their relationship?
That's when I DNF'd at 68%. I wasn't sold on everyone there being an author. I wasn't sold on the scary house. I wasn't sold on Pen and Neil's relationship. I just wasn't sold. And it wasn't written well enough to keep me intrigued even though the premise interested me. Good idea, lousy execution.
IF I STOPPED HAUNTING YOU by Colby Wilkens sounds like an incredible premise and book I would love, but sadly, it does not live up to the incredibleness that it could have been. There were too many ideas in one bucket and too much repetition. And with wishy-washy characters who didn't make up their mind until it was bizarre moments like Penelope deciding to hook up with Neil before they went ghost hunting because what if they didn't make it. I get that it is like a tropey scary movie thing, but a few chapters prior, she hated him. Maybe I just never believed their relationship?
That's when I DNF'd at 68%. I wasn't sold on everyone there being an author. I wasn't sold on the scary house. I wasn't sold on Pen and Neil's relationship. I just wasn't sold. And it wasn't written well enough to keep me intrigued even though the premise interested me. Good idea, lousy execution.