Monday, January 9, 2012

Buried...and forgotten

Buried by Linda Joy Singleton.  Oooo...I so wanted to enjoy this book.  Cool cover art, mystery, AND goth?  That's like my quick-read guily pleasure hat trick.  Like I said, I so wanted to enjoy this book....but I just...didn't really.  Not a terrible concept, but also not completely original.  If you don't solve the mystery before the main character, you'll at least be close enough that you won't be surprised.  There were a lot of elements presented: parent trust issues, possible romance (because, evidently, all novels about teenage girls MUST include a romantic sub-plot), and search for identity. My problem is that none of them were covered thoroughly. I wanted more info. Not "please write a sequal" info, but "please flesh out what is there" info.  It was good for a weekend read, but not something I would have wanted to give up a week's worth of nightly reading for.

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