Review: Out of Darkness
Read: 1/3/18- 1/5/18
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Goodreads Summary:
Brian Porter is obese. Not plump, not overweight, not even fat—obese. He’s struggled with his weight and its consequences all his life. School is a nonstop stream of aggressive bullying by both his peers and teachers. To top it off, his embarrassed family barely acknowledges Brian’s presence.
When bully Chris Miller challenges Brian to enter the neighborhood’s scariest house, Brian can’t say no. Not only has Chris promised to leave Brian alone all summer if he does, but it also might make a good impression on his new friend Sarah.
However, the former best friends quickly discover the reason behind the home’s evil reputation: a pair of hidden vampires. In the ensuing chaos, Chris is captured, while a pair of werewolves save Brian in the nick of time—by turning him into one of them.
Now Brian’s in a world he never knew existed, with a new, strong body and a host of unlikely allies. It’s his destiny to revitalize the Holy Warriors, a once great werewolf order sworn to protect the world from vampire domination. But its leaders have become corrupt—and worse, they want Brian dead. He’d prefer to keep on living.
My thoughts:
Great concept but poor execution.
Brian is fat and sorry for himself. He has a shitty attitude, when he changes into his warrior body:
“If he had this body in school, he wouldn't have been made fun of. He probably would have had some friends, too.”
I felt like he didn’t have friends because he was so self pitying.
The author showed no finesse in providing back stories. Just kinda shoves it in your face and expects you to take it. Sometimes it wasn’t even relevant to what was going on in the dialogue.
There is confusing character traits, too. Amy broke up with Chris because he wouldn't stop picking on Brian, which makes her seem kind hearted. But when she becomes a vampire, she’s gung ho for destroying all of humanity without any inner conflict.
And there are a lot of word choice mistakes: quite instead of quiet, poor instead of pour (THREE times!), and new instead of knew.
This book still needs a lot of polishing before it gets to an enjoyable read.
