Reviewed
by: BigAl
Genre:
Thriller/Paranormal
Approximate
word count: 25-30,000
words
Availability
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Author:
Jane
Stadermann is an artist and writer who lives in Sydney, Australia.
For
more, visit her website.
Description:
“Two
boys enter the coma world of their unconscious after an accident. The
world of the hospital morphs into nightmarish reality in their new
dimension.
The
story is told from the viewpoint of Peter, 15 and his sister, Brooke,
17.”
Appraisal:
As the
description indicates, this is the story of two boys, each in the
hospital in a coma. The story has two threads, the first told by
Peter, who is one of the boys, is what they're experiencing. The
other is told from the viewpoint of Peter's sister, Brooke, and
covers what is going on in the hospital. How the two threads relate
is clever. I won't say more, as I think the book's readers need to
discover that themselves. Explaining would spoil it.
However,
I can say the book is a relatively quick read, with short chapters
and a fast pace. Unfortunately that pace kept getting interrupted to
decipher typos and attempt to parse what was meant by grammatically
suspect sentences, both problems that pervade the book.
FYI:
Some
adult language.
Uses
Australian slang and spelling.
Format/Typo
Issues:
Numerous
typos and grammar errors.
Rating:
*** Three Stars
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