Now Entering Addamsville

2.5 rounded to 3

I made it through 6hrs of audio but I just don't care to finish. I was only listening for a challenge but even though this is supposed to be YA horror it's boring and nothing much is happening. I wanted more ghosts!

I'm finished but don't know how to rate it or what my feelings about it even are. I'm just confused, okay?

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After simmering on this for awhile I have a more solid idea of why this wasn't for me. How the story was pitched wasn't quite the story we got. I was more prepared for minor ghosts and a bigger mystery. It was heavier on supernatural than I had thought.

I didn't feel really engaged throughout the story. I realized at some points I had to go back and re-read. A gripe I had was how spelled out certain things were like the class dynamic between Zora and Artemis. To me it kind of underplayed readers being able to pick up on those nuances by themselves.

Somewhere between “it was ok” and “I liked it”.

DNFing about halfway throughUnlike most, I didn't love [b:Eliza and Her Monsters 31931941 Eliza and Her Monsters Francesca Zappia https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1476994065l/31931941.SY75.jpg 52586056], and I like this less, though the two are very different. I mainly struggled with exposition. There's an overload of extraneous info—for example, there are probably at least three too many named characters—but scant explanation of crucial plot points. While talented, I think Zappia just may not be for me.