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In Nightfall
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Thank you to Netgalley and Delacorte Press for my arc in exchange for my unbiased opinion.
"In Nightfall" follows Theo and her brother Marco as they are forced to relocate to Nightfall, Oregon for the summer. The pair had thrown a party that went too wild and as a result are now stuck in the small and quaint town of Nightfall with their dad and their strange paternal grandmother, Nonna. Compared to their home in Arizona, the rainy beachside town is too gloomy and grey but the up side? Minnow and her strange group of friends who seem to lead everything in the small town. Turns out everything is not as it seems in Nightfall.
Young's book has been marketed as a "Lost Boys" meets "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" so of course I had to request this. And it's not wrong necessarily but I think it would be more accurate to tout this book as a "Lost Boys" rip-off. Other than absolutely nothing of note happening in the first 60-75% of the book. I saw reviews that said this was fun and a good mix of "Lost Boys" and BTVS and I have to ask: How much are they being paid? Cause legitimately, this book was so boring and absolutely just followed the "Lost Boys" movie but genderswapped with the addition of some true crime/supernatural podcasters in place of the Frog brothers (THEY DESERVED BETTER). I was seriously so disappointed with this one.
As someone who grew up watching "Lost Boys" and BTVS (movie and show), I was getting kind of annoyed at the shameless copying. I would NOT recommend this book to anybody.
"In Nightfall" follows Theo and her brother Marco as they are forced to relocate to Nightfall, Oregon for the summer. The pair had thrown a party that went too wild and as a result are now stuck in the small and quaint town of Nightfall with their dad and their strange paternal grandmother, Nonna. Compared to their home in Arizona, the rainy beachside town is too gloomy and grey but the up side? Minnow and her strange group of friends who seem to lead everything in the small town. Turns out everything is not as it seems in Nightfall.
Young's book has been marketed as a "Lost Boys" meets "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" so of course I had to request this. And it's not wrong necessarily but I think it would be more accurate to tout this book as a "Lost Boys" rip-off. Other than absolutely nothing of note happening in the first 60-75% of the book. I saw reviews that said this was fun and a good mix of "Lost Boys" and BTVS and I have to ask: How much are they being paid? Cause legitimately, this book was so boring and absolutely just followed the "Lost Boys" movie but genderswapped with the addition of some true crime/supernatural podcasters in place of the Frog brothers (THEY DESERVED BETTER). I was seriously so disappointed with this one.
As someone who grew up watching "Lost Boys" and BTVS (movie and show), I was getting kind of annoyed at the shameless copying. I would NOT recommend this book to anybody.
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Reading Progress
March 11, 2023
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Started Reading
March 11, 2023
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March 11, 2023
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netgalley-reads
March 12, 2023
– Shelved as:
underwhelming
March 12, 2023
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Finished Reading
March 13, 2023
– Shelved as:
no-thank-you
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Mar 27, 2023 07:56PM
Same. I had hoped that she would do something different with it and she just…didn’t.
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I was surprised at all the gushing reviews, too. I was so bored.
Donna wrote: "Same. I had hoped that she would do something different with it and she just…didn’t."Exactly! It just felt so lazy :(
JaNelle wrote: "I was surprised at all the gushing reviews, too. I was so bored."I am genuinely confused by the positive reviews. It's confusing cause I feel like an overly critical prick haha
I feel the same. Authors might read these, and I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but I also want to be honest . Honestly, this was not for me. I'd rather watch Lost Boys
JaNelle wrote: "I feel the same. Authors might read these, and I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but I also want to be honest . Honestly, this was not for me. I'd rather watch Lost Boys"I totally get that. I'm the same, I mean I hate to review anything negatively but like you said, I've got to be honest. And I definitely rewatched Lost Boys after reading this and yeah. It confirmed that this was just a bad genderbent play-by-play copy of the movie.
