Book: Joyride

 Book: Joyride

Author: Guy Adams

Pages: 256

This is my 71st read for the year

This is a story where teenagers are behaving strangely.  One runs her car through a shop window.  One sets fire to his house while his family is inside.  One jumps off the roof of their school but seems to be happy about it.  A teacher at their school - Mrs. Quill - needs to get to the bottom of what is happening before another students hurts themself or others.

I want to start by saying that I picked up this book at a used bookstore by accident.  I was checking out, and must have scooped it into my pile without realizing it.  It cost me $3 and so I figured what the heck - I would give it a try.  It wasn't great.  But again - that isn't completely the books fault.  After I read it, I went online to look it up and realized it is book 2 or 3 in a series AND based on a TV show (a spin off of Dr. Who). I was completely lost in the story.  It was random, and disjointed, and the story just moved very quickly without a lot of depth.  Maybe I will try the show to see if that helps.  I liked the idea of it - seemed like an interesting mystery.  But the book just didn't live up to the back cover.

Stars: 2