Trapped by Jack KilbornMy rating: 3 of 5 starsThe excelle...

Trapped by Jack Kilborn

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


The excellent writing style of Jack Kilborn was wasted on this book. It had its moments, but there was just too much going on that led toward the negative. The characters were paper thin, the dialog was incredibly bad, and certain elements of the story were so unbelievable, I actually laughed out loud when I was supposed to be scared. Nobody worries about signing divorce papers when they running for their lives from cannibals!!! Really???

The plot falls somewhere between The Island of Doctor Moreau and The Hills have eyes...with a bit of Frankenstein thrown in for good measure. There is a definite hybrid element as well...somewhere between survival horror and mystery (although it's pretty predictable.)

I'll be fair here and admit that I didn't read the first book...I'll even go so far as say that this book, although comical and ludicrous in its entirety, did keep me thumbing through the pages. For that reason alone, it didn't get a lower rating.




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