Thursday, 20 September 2012  Review: Pretty Bad Things by C.J.
Skuse   When I picked up Pretty Bad Things, I was expecting
something completely different to what I got. The blurb on the
book is completely different to the description above, it barely
skims the surface. Because they were going off looking for their
Dad, I thought it might have been a road trip story. It's not. I
got past that quite quickly, deciding to just read the book for
what it is. However, unfortunately, I didn't really enjoy it.
This is not to say it's a bad story. It's actually pretty good.
It's pretty clear that Skuse can write; Pretty Bad Things has an
intriguing plot that keeps you turning the pages. It's
addictive, you want - need - to know what happens with Paisley
and Beau. Theirs action, there's danger, and there's more than
one adrenaline rush inside it's pages waiting for readers. It's
really quite exciting!  So why didn't I like it? Because it's
not my kind of story. I'm not really that interested in crime.
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