13 Days: The Dark Circle
K. Lippi
Publisher
Mirror Publishing
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13 Days is a morbid romantic tale packed with the twist and turns of sixteen teens entering a Reality TV show. Love triangles emerge as mistrust grows by the hours. Day by day candidates are slowly and brutally taken away by an unseen hand from the moment they step onto the cast off sanctuary of St. Clara Asylum. Their days are filled with struggle and worry and this adventure doesn't turn out to be their chance for fun, glory, and fame, but a macabre journey.
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Reviewed on 11/10/2011 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Pamela Leffler
13 Days The Dark Circle by K. Lippi take the reader on a layered, mystery adventure to a haunted island hospital for the set of a teenage reality show. The cast of the show ranges from rich to poor, country to city dweller, and even a few celebrities thrown in the mix. Some have the ability to speak to ghosts, some are there simply to try to win the cash prize. As the book progresses, we learn of the complications in people’s relationships and their hidden ties to the hospital, never really sure what direction the plot is taking next.
I found the layout of the book to be a bit difficult to navigate, as it switched from character to character in the first person, and felt that in the midst of doing so, some of the larger points of the plot lost their impact. There were also so many typos in the print, which is a personal pet peeve of mine, which added to the distraction.
I enjoyed the idea of this book much more than the book itself, but still think it would be worth a read if you are prepared to use your imagination to fill in the gaps.
Reviewed on 05/19/2011 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Adela Ghadimi
A teenagers game show putting sixteen teens on a deserted Island that once was the St. Clara Asylum. The teens arrive in teams made up of brothers, sisters, cousins, best friends and dating or engaged couples. The building had even more history than just as an asylum, it was reported to be haunted long before the massacre that caused the hospital to be closed down. The search for a suitcase full of money and the clues to find it while the sixteen contestants are locked into this castle with video cameras on them 24/7 “Big Brother” style. The twists start right away with the disappearance of one of the contestants, then another. While the rest are left wondering if this is a “Survivor” style elimination or if the history of the manor has ghosts that are truly taking control of the game.
Reviewed on 03/06/2011 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Debbie Berry
Sixteen teens are selected to be apart of the Reality TV show on YTV called 13 Days. They are grouped into pairs of siblings, cousins, friends, and lovers. They are staying at the St. Clara Asylum on the haunted island. The main character Selene, and her brother Seth, are hoping to win the million dollar grand prize so they can save their family ranch.
At the end of each day, a contestant will be eliminated. As they explore the asylum, they start to hear strange footsteps and voices. Is the asylum haunted? Who will be voted off next?
13 Days has an interesting concept of using the reality theme. It is a combination of Survivor and Ghost Hunters. Most of the characters are flawed and cliché, mimicking teenagers from television instead of actual life, but you have to remember that most reality shows are scripted. The book flips back and fourth from one character’s view point to another, and it annoyed me. If the author had written the book in third person, the pacing would have been better. There were too many characters. Obviously, the plot was meant to be scary, but I found it to be not scary and very confusing. If you like reality TV, then you may like this novel; however, I didn’t enjoy reading it.
Reviewed on 02/28/2011 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Billy Burgess
