"He Said It Had Been Whispering Things To Him."
"He said that he'd seen a monster outside his window. The curtains were open like he really had been looking out, but there was nothing there."
3.5 STARS! I flew through this book!
The Whisper Man pulled me in at the first few pages and I kept going. The story starts with a little boy named Neil walking home. He lives in a "safe" neighborhood. The town of Featherbank even sounds safe to the residents. However, 20 years ago boys were taken. The boys were lured by a man the news media dubbed The Whisper Man. He is in prison now so all the streets should be safe, right?
As I read I loved how this book changes POV easily. I was not confused at all. With several different characters it would be easy to become confused. However, the authors chapters are short and bring you back to characters that is not too complicated. I liked the characters in the book, however, the depressing nature of the book got to me. There is death, alcoholism (in more than 1 character). depression, and obviously abduction, and murder. So of course I was depressed. I often felt the author should have thrown things that were good in peoples lives in. I know that this type of book is really hard to do that but the sadness and depression just wore on me.
I did like that the author left out gore and details about the boys that were murdered. Dealing with children and crime is hard to take in. The author did an awesome job of not making you sick on details with this subject matter.
Overall, I really enjoyed the book, it was creepy in all the right places. The book was well written, I really liked the authors writing (could have used less F bombs). The characters just had a depressive state constantly, I was not feeling that. Good book though and I will be reading more of Alex North in the future. As his first novel, I am sure there will be a lot more to come!
"If you leave the door half open, soon you'll hear the whisper spoken."
3.5 STARS! I flew through this book!
The Whisper Man pulled me in at the first few pages and I kept going. The story starts with a little boy named Neil walking home. He lives in a "safe" neighborhood. The town of Featherbank even sounds safe to the residents. However, 20 years ago boys were taken. The boys were lured by a man the news media dubbed The Whisper Man. He is in prison now so all the streets should be safe, right?
As I read I loved how this book changes POV easily. I was not confused at all. With several different characters it would be easy to become confused. However, the authors chapters are short and bring you back to characters that is not too complicated. I liked the characters in the book, however, the depressing nature of the book got to me. There is death, alcoholism (in more than 1 character). depression, and obviously abduction, and murder. So of course I was depressed. I often felt the author should have thrown things that were good in peoples lives in. I know that this type of book is really hard to do that but the sadness and depression just wore on me.
I did like that the author left out gore and details about the boys that were murdered. Dealing with children and crime is hard to take in. The author did an awesome job of not making you sick on details with this subject matter.
Overall, I really enjoyed the book, it was creepy in all the right places. The book was well written, I really liked the authors writing (could have used less F bombs). The characters just had a depressive state constantly, I was not feeling that. Good book though and I will be reading more of Alex North in the future. As his first novel, I am sure there will be a lot more to come!
"If you leave the door half open, soon you'll hear the whisper spoken."