Book Review: Oak Avenue by Brandi Reeds.

Oak Avenue by Brandi Reeds

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Doors Are Not Scary...

Remember when Monty Python released their "Contractual Obligation" Album back in 1980? No? Well, it was nearly 40 years ago, so bear with me. No one in Python really wanted to do another record, but they were required to do so under a contract with Chrysalis Records. "Oak Avenue" feels like it was something Ms. Reeds was either required to do or was something she promised to do and then forgot about until a day before the due date. While Monty Python's release was brilliant, Reeds' is dull and lazy. There are no original characters or ideas here. From the dream home that turns into a nightmare to the curmudgeonly old person who comes through in the end, it's all been written before and written better. Here's some real world advice, if you did up a haunted door that turns your partner into a violent raging alcoholic overnight, don't just put it back in the hole again. Look. It's a door. It's wooden (like the book's dialogue.) Chop the thing up and burn it. Feed it through a wood chipper like it's Steve Buscemi in Fargo. This is a very uninspired tale. I read it via Amazon Prime so at least the price was right.



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