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A review by bookbybook
Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner
3.0
I received this book in return for an honest review, this in no way influences my opinion and all of the words below are my own.
I want to start this review by saying a decent part of the reason for not giving a higher rating is based on a personal bias. I really don't like books with dual first person perspective. Unforetunately, this book was a prime example of why. Both perspectives were so similar it took me over a dozen chapters to figure out who was who. The "such close friends they could practically be the same person" felt like a cop-out for not giving them unique voices in any way. This seems to happen a lot with dual perspective though, so if it's not a problem for your personal taste when reading I'd still recommend this book!
I would especially recommend it if you like old horror movies, obviously that's the main topic of the book and some of the references went right over my head. So while I could still enjoy the plot, I didn't connect to it a whole lot. However, I did like, and connect to how the author wrote teenagers who are clearly 21st century teens without making it obnoxious.
Overall, this fell pretty flat for me as a whole, but in the writing I could tell I would probably enjoy another book by this author if it had one perspective and a topic I know better!
I want to start this review by saying a decent part of the reason for not giving a higher rating is based on a personal bias. I really don't like books with dual first person perspective. Unforetunately, this book was a prime example of why. Both perspectives were so similar it took me over a dozen chapters to figure out who was who. The "such close friends they could practically be the same person" felt like a cop-out for not giving them unique voices in any way. This seems to happen a lot with dual perspective though, so if it's not a problem for your personal taste when reading I'd still recommend this book!
I would especially recommend it if you like old horror movies, obviously that's the main topic of the book and some of the references went right over my head. So while I could still enjoy the plot, I didn't connect to it a whole lot. However, I did like, and connect to how the author wrote teenagers who are clearly 21st century teens without making it obnoxious.
Overall, this fell pretty flat for me as a whole, but in the writing I could tell I would probably enjoy another book by this author if it had one perspective and a topic I know better!