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This book reminded me of a Stephen King novel, not because it was scary, but because the ending was SO weak. Just like King, this guy wrote an absorbing novel with interesting characters, an intriguing mystery, but a super crap ending. It seemed like he just didn't know how to end it, which really sucked, because I couldn't put it down for the most part. There were other problems that seemed to crop up around page 225 now that I think about it: the use of the serum by the (stereotypical) bikers and what it did (took the story from realism to pseudo-fantasy); a nagging belief that certain characters who had received a lot of focus before would be forgotten (Alice?), and my wondering about what the point of Spider's chapter was. This book would have been a lot better if it had 100 more pages and the supporting characters were flushed out. Some characters, like Alice, just seemed to drop out of the picture after an intriguing back story had been created for them and others, like Nadia, were never really explained. I guess my biggest problem with this novel was that the prose was so well done that I didn't notice all the major flaws with the plot and characters until I finished it. And now I feel tricked! Treachery! The freak side-story was well-worth my retrospective annoyance though, and it's a pity that the author couldn't have crafted it into a novel of its own.

2022-11-14 17:20