Review: #374
Title: House of Secrets
Series: House of Secrets - 1st book
Author: Chris Columbus and Ned Vizzinni
Read Before: no
My Comments: While the beginning wasn’t very inspiring, the plot was pushed along at a fast pace once the three Walker children was transported to another world. The overall story is solid but there are a few things that stand out and annoy you, ruining it. The number one thing is that each character performs actions that are selfish or illogical. It’s understandable that all characters have flaws, but when you’re constantly bombarded with the stupid actions of one main character or another, it’s no fun, even when their redeeming traits come out in a later scene. An interesting thing is that the children are pushed from place to place, event to event, they don’t control anything, and they just take what it thrown at them. It’s good in that it keeps it exciting, bad in that the plot feels too out of their control and it doesn’t feel like a quest or classical adventure. It would do wonders if the children just made a decision to go somewhere, instead of what fate drove them to do. The ending could be better and it feels as if this one book is enough, that there is no need for a sequel (it’s not as if the world created was huge and there were many other potential, this book didn’t leave much open or mysterious). An exciting piece once it gets going.
Rating: 6.5/10