A review by smcscot
The Abandoned by Douglas Clegg

1.0

Ugg. I had a hell of a time finishing this, half conceptualized novel. I have read Clegg in the past and where he is a paperback writer, and you cant expect a whole lot of of paperback writers (because of the time constraints on their contracts, not because of their talent), this one was particularly bad. Going straight to the shock instead of trying to be scary, using Pattersonesque short paragraph chapters to try and increase the tension which only distracts the reader, and introducing flat characters and giving them good page time, but obviously only to have them be killed. There were no perceptual main characters, in fact one of the characters who lives doesn't even get introduced until halfway through the book. Just avoid it.