Guestreview by Tash
Title : Fright Radio
Author : Noel Dandes
Publisher: Self Published
Length: 340 pages
Blurb:
On the hill behind the university, Amy sits in her new car, listening to her friend’s radio programme. With her eyes set on the full moon, she lights a cigarette. In thirty minutes, she will no longer be human.
Meanwhile, Amy’s brother, Jo has just said goodnight to his boyfriend and he’s rushing back to his room to catch the show. As he reaches the door, a whisper startles him. It’s a voice calling his name… and it belongs to his best friend, who killed himself a year ago.
As morning slowly dawns across the small southeastern town, a handwritten note arrives at someone’s house: “I hope you burn in hell for what you did to me.”
And then a murder changes everything…
Review:
The plot line for Fright Radio (Take 2) is well thought out and well executed. I thoroughly enjoyed only being given small bits of information piece by piece as it makes for a more gripping read.
I am unsure if this was published through a traditional publishing house or if it was self-published, but either way, the editing needs revisiting. I like to try and avoid being a grammar and spelling Nazi, but there were several errors that put me off and made it difficult for me to continue reading, although I’m glad I stuck it out.
It’s written in the First person tense and that has always appealed to me. I like the idea of looking through the character’s eyes and seeing what they see and feeling what they feel. Unfortunately with this story though, there were too many characters written from that point of view.
Jumping from character to character made it extremely confusing and I often struggled to remember which person’s point of view I was meant to be reading.
I give kudos for originality however. I adored the introduction of a new species. There are a lot of stories out there that are of the same supernaturalcreatures and nothing new happens. The author’s ideas and imaginations are outstanding.
For this, I give 4 out of 5 stars.
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