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Frail (2011)

by Joan Frances Turner(Favorite Author)

2.96 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0441020704 (ISBN13: 9780441020706)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Ace Hardcover

series

The Resurgam Trilogy

review 1: I have to say after reading the first book in this series (Dust), that I enjoyed this one more. The different story arc was refreshing since the end of the first book was just plain strange. Now, I am not saying that this one didin't have alot of strangeness to it, it did, but the writing improved. This book flowed much better, I didn't have to reread somethings to try to understand what was happening. I just let the words go by and didn't question things that probably should have been. But, all in all, it is a fair book at best. Creativity alone doesn't make a great book. And sometimes being "out there" seemingly for the heck of it doesn't keep the story glued together. I got really annoyed at the end of the book with the same questions being asked about being human over ... moreand over and over and over and....you see, it is annoying. One way that I could tell the story sometimes lacked is that I felt the need to stop in the middle and read 2 other books. When I picked it back up it wasn't a chore to finish, but I am not waiting by the library to pick up the next one in the series (if there is one) when it is released. I will read the next one by the author, if it is about zombies or exes or what ever the frak because I am invested in the storyline. I am also interested if the author continues to get better and better as the next books get released. So, not a glowing review, as I have said before, but interesting enough to read and enjoy at some level. Just not a high level.
review 2: Ms. Turner took what could have been a great apocalyptic zombie thriller and made it into a book about a teenage girl with a sad story. The mental health problems one would encounter after having gone through what the protagonist, Amy has gone through seemed logical and flowed well within the confines of this story. Where the author fell short was making us care, creating any kind of real danger, or even characters that made sense to the story. The ending was abrupt and rife with mystery. I do not care to know more, and that is the main problem with this book. less

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