I devoured this book. The pages flew past, filled with characters quirky and believable. Sadly, the book ended before I met all the monsters. I must read the next book immediately.
The Jabberwock
by Ninie Hammon
The sorceress of psychological suspense is back with the first book in her highly-anticipated new Nowhere, USA series. Ninie Hammon is at her career-best in The Jabberwock — a tale that will keep you up all night turning pages.Nower County was never a hard place to leave. But now, leaving is impossible.When drunk teenagers add letters to the Welcome to Nower County sign, making it Welcome to NoWherE County, nobody repaints it.Because, Why bother? Everyone knows they live in the middle of nowhere.Children’s book author Charlie McClintock and her three-year-old daughter, Merrie, return home to settle Charlie’s recently deceased mother’s affairs. It’s the first time since high school graduation that she and childhood friends Sam Sheridan and Malachi Tackett have been reunited.A beat of happiness before Charlie experiences an unexplainable disaster.A bizarre storm blows through the Appalachian Mountains and literally wipes Nowhere County off the map. The outside world forgets the tiny town ever existed, and no one can leave.Anyone who tries wakes up in the Dollar General Store parking lot with blinding headaches, gushing nosebleeds, and no clue what happened to them.Locals name the shimmering mirage on the county line that imprisons them the Jabberwock.Abby Clayton thinks it's Charlie’s pet. Desperate to bring her baby home from the hospital across county lines, Abby is the only person who has dared to “ride the Jabberwock” more than once.She believes that it spoke to her. Brain-damaged, barely able to walk from her injuries, Abby hatches a deranged plot to force Charlie to make the Jabberwock set them free.Will Malachi manage to stop her and save Charlie and Merrie in time?And more importantly, will Abby survive one last ride on the Jabberwock?The Jabberwock is the first book of Ninie Hammon's new series, Nowhere, USA, a riveting psychological thriller about the residents of a forgotten county that inexplicably sinks through reality to find itself the middle of Nowhere.Fans of Justified, Under The Dome, and LOST will love settling down to spend some time in Nowhere, USA.
Reviews
Different and
Take a trip to Nowhere
I really enjoyed this story about a group of people who find themselves trapped when their town gets cut off from the rest of the world.
A book for NPCs with repetitious mention of "vomit" a least a dozen times in each chapter
I gave this book too much effort and finally returned it about 60% in once I knew "Waiting for something to develop" was a complete waste of my time.
The author seems to be obsessed with a particular scene involving vomit to the point where you grow absolutely tired of the vocabulary. I disliked this book right away because it introduces a medium bundle of folks rapid fire with little in the way of character development. The reader becomes hopelessly confused as various names and thrown about with mention of "vomit". I was perplexed by the 60% mark that I was supposed to know over a dozen characters but the same old tired tropes like "battered war hero" and "red neck mommy" are used for their personalities. And of course women have mens names to make it all the more confusing (you're so empowered honey because you have a man's name).
I was pulled in by a sense that this would be "real world" as the author has a way of showcasing small town life and dialect but as you weave through the book, it becomes clear, these are leftist stereotypes from any Hollywood movie about how you're supposed to see the average small town as magically diverse. The accents and euphemisms are mostly tired and corny with only a small gem in for flavoring.
Who is this book for? Stay-at-home-house-wives who sip cocktails while the washing machine is running? There is supposed to be some kind of supernatural element but it's hopelessly disjointed. It strikes me as melodrama. The only Jabberwock is the constant meaningless jabber of the townsfolk about horror movie tropes. They all seem to be NPCs with no real personality. The author waits about mid book to inject her political agenda. I just had to read one sentence and then quietly clicked "return book" without a moments hesitation.
I don't pay for entertainment to be preached to.
It was a lot like how Lost had great promise to be a supernatural sci-fi show and turned into another episode of Dallas. This is what happens when crazy cat ladies script books. They get obsessed with meaningless emotional details and lose the plot; the longer, bigger picture.
It's a bait and switch, like so much politically correct junk in the movie market today. Ninie Hammon is cheering in the crowd as Madonna screams from the podium about burning down the White House.
This author is fabulous
This author and her books are just fabulous. She will take you on a unforgettable journey that will leave you breathless but still wanting more. Her books will take you on a roller-coaster ride that leaves the rails behind but continues with it's twists and turns screaming please don't stop.
