1: Disappointing
The cover held a lot of promise for this book, but I'm glad I checked it out from the library rather than spending money on it. The author began it with a very intriguing scene, which was gripping and left me wanting to know what had happened to Jimmy... but Jimmy was never visited again in the rest of novel save a few references to his name, and it never told what he was so ashamed of doing. Certain very important details changed... such as the name of the male protagonist's first love interest. Halfway through the book, she had a totally different name. The characters were poorly developed and unsympathetic, especially when they started hitting on stereotypes, such as the Native American girl. The idea of using human life to bring reality to the statues was unique and could have been built on, but the author didn't do it well enough to make the idea credible within the novel. And the ending was a complete letdown. I feel bad about giving the author a bad review, but some main elements of fiction were lacking or poorly done.
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