When she wasn’t holding back and being honest.

I had a hard time connecting with Lola so it just seemed like… Okay? There were moments I enjoyed her character a lot. I think this is also one of the reasons I didn’t like the ending. I don’t know if it was her attitude or just the way she was presented. I started to like her a little more throughout the novel but she never clicked with me. I don’t know what it was but I just couldn’t get into her. In the beginning I really disliked her character. Is it possible to like and dislike a character? If so, that’s how I feel about Lola. What I did find very successful was the interview in the beginning and the end tying into the story. It was so lackluster to the buildup created and just let me feeling unsatisfied.

Then the ending hit and I was so disappointed. Was Mister Jitters real? Or was this all in Lola’s imagination? This is what kept me interested throughout. It was so intriguing and held my interest. I personally wished Ellis would have continued this path. As her time progressed there, she really started to believe the stories of Mister Jitters. Growing up with a horror film director as a Dad, Lola has a wild imagination and was interested in the town her mother grew up in and the legends. I loved the atmosphere and everything was described so well every event that happened I could easily imagine. Then I got toward the end and my hope dropped. As I continued reading it seemed like this might actually be the one.

Between the cover and the description I thought this was the one. Horror is one of my favorite genres and I still have yet to find a book to give me the creeps. And if she can’t find a way out of Harrow Lake, they might just be the death of her. The more Lola discovers about the town, the more terrifying it becomes. The locals are weirdly obsessed with the film that put their town on the map–and there are strange disappearances, which the police seem determined to explain away.Īnd there’s someone–or some thing–stalking her every move. Lola Nox is the daughter of a celebrated horror filmmaker–she thinks nothing can scare her.īut when her father is brutally attacked in their New York apartment, she’s quickly packed off to live with a grandmother she’s never met in Harrow Lake, the eerie town where her father’s most iconic horror movie was shot. 3 out of 5 stars Summary Taken from Goodreadsġ.It’s where my father shot his most disturbing slasher film.Ģ.There’s something not right about this town.

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