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Titan Books Ltd Number of pages: 384 Language: English (Unknown) Language: English (Original Language)

RRP: £6.99
I want to believe it's good...but..
Review date: 2008-08-30 Rating: 6 out of 10

I'm unable to get to a cinema to see the movie so I decided to read this book to get a feel for the story until the DVD is released. Ultimately it's very disappointing.

The actual writing of the book is clumsy and frankly below average. The author doesn't seem to have many descriptive phrases in his vocabulary, so at times it's very repetitive and you begin to wonder if certain characters are wearing the same clothes for days and have the same strange expression on their face all the time!

I won't give too much away, but the actual story has a promising start, with plenty of mystery, leaving the reader thinking of several possibilities. There's a nice amount of tension and suspense but as the story draws to a close and the loose ends are neatly tied up, you're left thinking "That was lame!". The story sort of peters out into a weak dribbly end, with some very predictable scenes. In reality the reader's own mysterious thoughts and ponderings on the story could have made a better story than the one this actually turns into.

Both the storyline and the writing could have been much better. An opportunity missed.