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Shadow Walkers (2011)

by Brent Hartinger(Favorite Author)

3.23 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0738723649 (ISBN13: 9780738723648)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Flux

review 1: 3.5What to do when your younger brother goes missing? First a frantic search of all his favorite spots and call all his friends, but then what? When you live on an island what do you do? Although both Zach and his grandparents thought that Hinder Island was a safe place, far away from the dangers of the world, but it turns out nowhere is safe. After having a sense that something wasn't right, Zach finds his brother missing and is frantic to save him. So, desperate he turns to some strange incense the woman at the natural healing store gave him. Once he breaths it in he finds himself floating outside his body, able to travel great distances while his physical self remains still on the bed.Once on the astral plane he can hear his brother crying, but can't do much about... more it without his body. He also meets Emory, another astral traveler, who has his own mysterious sadness to him. Zach needs Emory's help to save his brother, but will that be enough? Added to that is the dangerous shadow creature that lurks nearby, ready to attack them.This was a rather short, quick read. It did have a bit of a creepy atmosphere to it and an interesting idea with the astral projection, but progressed too quickly. The two main characters seemed to immediately develop feelings for each other, with very little to support it and the tension wasn't enough to really create suspense. The characters seemed to defeat the forces against them easily even when the odds seemed overwhelming.Overall it was a nice story, but it lacked the oomph to really carry it for me.
review 2: This book was recommended by a friend, so I wanted to like it more than I actually did. As other reviewers have pointed out, this is not a well written book. It's not terrible, but it's not really engaging either. There isn't quite enough going on in the main plot, or internally in the main character, to make you care about what happens.In fact, the main plot is the least interesting part of the story. The fact that Zach is gay, struggling with telling his family and having a crush on a school mate, is far more interesting. These things are only mentioned in passing, really, and never developed in favor of a too contrived main plot that ends up being mostly silly (in my opinion). I often like schlocky, fluff books, but this is not one of them.On the up side, it's a short book that can be read in just a couple of hours. less

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