Hollow, by Rhonda Parrish, is a YA horror novel. The main character, Morgan, is dealing with the aftermath of a car accident that took her brother and left her mother disabled. Morgan spends the bulk of the story literally running from the problems at home, and also problems with an ex-boyfriend.

The horror element mainly stems from repeated trips to an abandoned and reportedly haunted hospital. During one of these trips Morgan finds a Polaroid camera that does....something. The reader gets a vague idea of the damage the camera causes, but the story never really resolves or explains the way it works or it’s genesis. This would be a bit more reasonable, except that the latter 2/3 of the story really focus around this element.

These, and other, plot elements are blurry and, unfortunately, the ending doesn’t do much to clear things up. I’ve read novels like this one where the ending is unclear in an effort to set up a series, however, Hollow seems very self-contained, and I found myself at the last page feeling as if missed something, or several somethings.

Parrish does do a nice job of pacing. The writing works in typical YA style where the chapters are short and the pages keep turning. My reading experience here was that I just didn’t find enough inside to peak my interest and invest me in any of the characters.