I dunno what's worse, the fact that this is a sequel of sorts or the fact that I shelled out money to pay for it. With the extremely trite book cover, I should have guessed A) that I, as a 25 yr old woman, am not the target audience and B)that it wasn't going to be scary in the slightest.
It's one of those books that doesn't appear to have had an author at all. It's just lifeless words on paper with nothing to them. It's so unbelievably dull and boring and repetitive. And, like I said, not scary. Don't let the title or the fact that this is apparently case files from "real life" ghost hunters fool you, there is nothing scary about this book.
The characters, if I can call them that, are all the same. There is no difference between them, only that the girls are outnumbered by the boys two to one and the girls are the only ones screaming, getting scared and trying to act brave whilst feeling safe there is a boy nearby.
The writing is bleak and miserably repetitive. One character will say something, internally, and then voice that same thing, then another character will agree out loud, and then the first character will agree with their own words. Its so painful.
Character 1: We should go back now.
Character 2: Yeah, I was just thinking that. We should go back.
Character 1: Good, let's go back.
Character 2: Yep, lead the way back!
Character 1: Haha, let's get moving.
Whilst being painful, the writing is also obvious. Example, at one point a character thinks about himself "If he hurt his leg, he wouldn't be able to run". What a stunningly intricate observation! Another is the cabin revelation. The ghost hunting group stumble upon a cabin. Whilst in the head of one of the team, she thinks to herself. "Is that a cabin?" and then the group arrive at the cabin and each one says "Yes, that's a cabin. It looks like a old cabin." Makes for a group of incredibly stupid people.
In every "story" there is a conversation like this. There are also paragraphs upon paragraphs of info dumps jammed within parentheses to give the illusion that it's speech and not something copy/pasted from a website.
But like I said at the start of this, I'm not the target audience. This reminds me of a book a teacher would read her third grade class, putting on silly voices for each character and pausing for effect before making a loud clapping noise to make the kids giggle.
So, all in all, as the tag says, waste of time :)