Official Review: Never Fear the Reaper by Ashley Pagano

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Re: Official Review: Never Fear the Reaper by Ashley Pagano

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The supernatural element attracted me towards the book but seeing the blandness of the characters I decided against the reading.
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A ghost story with a strong female lead, this reminds me of "The Ghost Whisper." Though in that the lead helped ghosts, not destroy them. I find the premise of the book to be fascinating, but with your low rating I'm sure I can be bothered to find out for myself what it's like. Thanks for the great review.
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I was tempted to give a try because of the supernatural elements, which I love to read about, but now I'm not so sure anymore, I think I will pass this one. Thank you for the great review.
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The Researcher wrote:The supernatural element attracted me towards the book but seeing the blandness of the characters I decided against the reading.
This makes sense, which is unfortunate because it could have been something more interesting.

-- 20 Sep 2017, 18:11 --
Emie Cuevas wrote:A ghost story with a strong female lead, this reminds me of "The Ghost Whisper." Though in that the lead helped ghosts, not destroy them. I find the premise of the book to be fascinating, but with your low rating I'm sure I can be bothered to find out for myself what it's like. Thanks for the great review.
Thank you, Emie Cuevas. Definitely, the premise was good, but the execution could have been better.

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DeboraSilva wrote:I was tempted to give a try because of the supernatural elements, which I love to read about, but now I'm not so sure anymore, I think I will pass this one. Thank you for the great review.
Thank you for your kind words and for reading, DeboraSilva. Yes, I agree about the supernatural elements was appealing, but there are definitely some aspects here that could be improved.
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Man, what a bummer! Even though the genre and plot definitely interest me, I just don't think I could deal with bland characters and confusing POVs. Thanks for the warning.
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I can understand about not enjoying a read with bland characters and confusing POVs. Thank you, MsTri, for reading and sharing your thoughts!
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