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 Review: See, this is not the first time I'm reading this book. The first time I read it was about a year and a half ago. That time I had thought it was good enough for a 4. Since the movie came out and I did not remember anything from this book and also because my boyfriend liked the movie, I decided to finally read it again. Right now, I figured there were flaws this and there and I did not enjoy it much. 
 I familiarized myself again with Ramson Riggs's writing real fast because I did that once already and I quiet enjoyed his writing. There were details on broken homes and old vintage photos along side with the writing. I was pretty interested in the photos because I thought them as a bonus to the story. Surely, interesting descriptions of characters, actions, and places were stated yet the confusion still stirred. 
 I'm going to admit that I'm not a big fan of horror stories therefore the cover was not in the centre of my interest. I have found my dislike for this book particularly because the plot went really slow for my liking. I did not enjoy having to wait for the protagonist waiting for months to discover something. The only bit of adventurous and reckless was at the ending, the other 85% of the book was just figuring out truths and facts about the peculiar children and Jacob's grandfather. 
 Characters in this book are so not relatable, which means I couldn't find them realistic or enjoyable. Jacob, the protagonist, seemed very plain and boring. I didn't mind him complaining about his life, but his inability of control his selfishness was not understandable. 
 Overall: Did I enjoy this book? Yeah, I could say that. Am I eager to read the second book? Not too much. It's that kind of book that makes me feel like, yeah I enjoy that, but then got too lazy and not interested enough to continue its sequel.