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The Creeping
by Alexandra Sirowy
This is the first book I've read by this author, and I'm not sure I will read another. I was really disappointed with the execution of this book, and I honestly don't understand the hype.
I thought the premise has promise, but in the end I found it utterly predictable. I saw the ending coming for most of the book. I actually had convinced myself that it couldn't possibly turn out the way I thought it would. I thought I was looking at a red herring. Nope. It ended up being pretty much just what I thought.
Perhaps my biggest issue was the writing itself, primarily the dialogue. I feel like this book was written by someone who has never encountered teenagers before, and is only going off second-hand information when constructing conversations between these characters.
There are a few instances where actual swear words are used, but more often than not we are treated to words like 'effing', 'eff', 'witch', and 'freaking', instead of their more salacious counterparts. Funny enough, the author had absolutely no issue with words like 'slut' and 'whore'. The pages of this book are liberally sprinkled with both of those words. But heaven forbid these teenagers use actual curse words.
Also, Zoey was the worst. The author's attempt at redeeming/defending her just made me angry. She treats people awful, but according to our protagonist it's different than the way other mean girls treat people because her nastiness was a 'means to an end.' She even says at one point that Zoey had an honor code that *usually* included not stealing other girl's boyfriends...usually. I just couldn't stand her. And I'm not sure what the point was of Michaela and Cole. Cole was pretty much a carbon copy of Zoey, and Michaela was the good girl of the group, but neither were present for almost the entire book, especially the second half. I'm not sure what the point was of their characters even being there.
There were a couple of moments that were actually creepy for me, but for the most part this story fell completely flat for me, and the ending was a big pile of exposition. It felt like the author had written herself into a corner and gotten bored because the end is 100% tell and not show after the fact.
Again, I don't get the hype.
I thought the premise has promise, but in the end I found it utterly predictable. I saw the ending coming for most of the book. I actually had convinced myself that it couldn't possibly turn out the way I thought it would. I thought I was looking at a red herring. Nope. It ended up being pretty much just what I thought.
Perhaps my biggest issue was the writing itself, primarily the dialogue. I feel like this book was written by someone who has never encountered teenagers before, and is only going off second-hand information when constructing conversations between these characters.
There are a few instances where actual swear words are used, but more often than not we are treated to words like 'effing', 'eff', 'witch', and 'freaking', instead of their more salacious counterparts. Funny enough, the author had absolutely no issue with words like 'slut' and 'whore'. The pages of this book are liberally sprinkled with both of those words. But heaven forbid these teenagers use actual curse words.
Also, Zoey was the worst. The author's attempt at redeeming/defending her just made me angry. She treats people awful, but according to our protagonist it's different than the way other mean girls treat people because her nastiness was a 'means to an end.' She even says at one point that Zoey had an honor code that *usually* included not stealing other girl's boyfriends...usually. I just couldn't stand her. And I'm not sure what the point was of Michaela and Cole. Cole was pretty much a carbon copy of Zoey, and Michaela was the good girl of the group, but neither were present for almost the entire book, especially the second half. I'm not sure what the point was of their characters even being there.
There were a couple of moments that were actually creepy for me, but for the most part this story fell completely flat for me, and the ending was a big pile of exposition. It felt like the author had written herself into a corner and gotten bored because the end is 100% tell and not show after the fact.
Again, I don't get the hype.