Hell Board By Dana Reed

Jun 08, 2009 | No Comments | @andrewmarcec

Peggy Rearden was one of the most hated girls in school.  She was overweight, epileptic, and her only friend was her dog, Dog.  Her mother is a germophobic cleanaholic, and her father is an overweight salesman who’s feeling the pressure of mounting bills, his daughters constant seizures, and his unloving wife.  That all changes the day that Nicole Martin brings her Ouija board into science class for extra points.  After some unfortunate events the board ends up under Peggy’s protection, and she finds a friend in the board, Max.  Max starts off as friendly, helping give her confidence and advice onto losing weight, but when furniture starts stacking itself in odd positions and smelly white foam erupts from the toilets, Peggy is starting to think twice about her new found friendship.  Aided by her family and the occult master neighbor, can they defeat the evil lurking in their house?

Dana Reed approaches this novel in a new and interesting way, but fails to see it through.  With hastily contrived and cliche visions of hell, and hauntings that are almost pulled directly from every ghost film ever seen, this book struggled to keep my interest through the three hundred sixty-one pages it encompases.  The characters were well developed, until there was cause for them to actually participate in the story.  Also, Peggy, the epileptic, seemed to have a seisure almost everytime some sort of pressure or strain was put on her…so every other page.  With the added appearance of an infamous historical figure as one of the evil minions, this novel fell short of any and all expectations.

This book is tedious and sometimes laughable, avoid at almost any and all cost.

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