Book Review - Rockstars: The Complete Series by Joe Harris

 

Jackie Mayer is die hard rock fan but, he has a secret ability. He is able to connect the music industry with secrets and mysteries. He knows that people who chase fame and fortune, like musicians, are easy targets for dark forces.

A decades old murder is familiar to the recent string of murders that are occurring. No one else seems to notice the pattern but, Jackie. He is determined to solve the mystery behind the murders before another body drops.

I was excited to read the graphic novel but, I abandoned it half way through. The graphic novel was incredibly boring and the story was confusing to follow. I thought if I read more that the story would start to make more sense but, it doesn't. Characters appear and disappear without any real explanation. The story had so much potential but failed execution wise.

Book Review - The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia by Emma Copley Eisenberg

 

On June 25, 1980 two young women were murdered in an isolated clearing in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The two women were outsiders who came to town for a festival known as the Rainbow Gathering. For thirteen years, the deaths of Vicki Duran and Nancy Santomero has gone unsolved. People believe it was the local people who committed the crime. In 1993, a local farmer was convicted but, he was released when Joseph Paul Franklin, a known serial killer and diagnosed schizophrenic, claimed responsibility for the murders. As time progressed, the truth  had become more elusive and  investigation stalled causing neighbors to turn against each other.

I love reading true crime novels even though this is a relatively new genre of books for me. However, this book was boring read. I am not even sure how this book was even considered a true crime novel as the author spent more time talking about herself and her experiences than anything else. Prior to beginning the book, she listed out a few facts about the case. I read more than half way through the book and yet, I learned nothing more about the case than what she listed in the introduction. However, I learned that the person who found the bodies went grocery shopping before he found the bodies and the author had a relationship with a local man. I think this book would have been better if the author focused on the case and any history regarding the community and kept her life story out of it.

Book Review - The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma

 

Violet is an eighteen year old ballerina that days away from attending Julliard, her dream school. She is worried that something might expose the truth behind her achievement. In the inside of a girls' juvenile detention  center, is Amber, who has been locked up for as long as she can remember.  Tying these two girls together is Orianna who knows Violet's dark secret.

I thought this was going to be an interesting read but, it was such a long and boring read. There were pages upon pages were nothing happened but, they same repetitive and asinine things. I didn't really care for the author's writing style as I felt I had to constantly reread things to understand what she was trying to say. This novel was billed as a horror story but, unless you include the ending which was confusing in it's own right, there was nothing scary or thrilling about this book. There was no guessing who was behind the murders because it was obvious. The characters were all duds and most of the time I was wondering what the point was of some of these characters.