Neighborhood Watch
By Joseph A. Turkot
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Neighborhood Watch appears to be categorized as both a mystery
and a horror novel. The basic premise is about three boys who see a man
taking pictures of them with a camera. Since there is a missing child in
the neighborhood, they wonder if this man may have something to do with
it. They start a club to solve the mystery and everything springs from
that idea. It certainly isn't horror. While there is a minimal amount of
suspense, there is nothing the least bit horrific in its pages. As a
mystery, it doesn't quite work because the solution is broadcasted in
the first few pages and everything afterwards is anti-climatic. I did
keep waiting for some genuine scares or at least a foreboding feeling
but the plot simply moved too slow to allow anything of the sort. The
end picked up some but by that time it was simply too predictable. I did
appreciate the author's attempt to depict an calm and idealistic
community being shaken out of its slumber. But I also wished I cared a
bit more about the three boys as I suspect the connection you make with
these kids will affect your enjoyment of the novel. It wasn't a bad
book, just not that memorable.Method Acquired: Review copy from the author
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