DNF Review: Witch World

Book: Witch World by Christopher Pike
Publication Date: November 13, 2012
Series: None
Rating: DNF

Synopsis: Heading off for a weekend in Las Vegas with her friends, Jessie Ralle has only one worry—how to make it through the road trip in the same car with her Ex, Jimmy Kelter. The guy who broke her heart five months ago when he dumped her for no reason. The guy who’s finally ready to tell her why he did it, because he wants her back.
But what Jessie doesn’t realize is that Jimmy is the least of her problems.

In Las Vegas she meets Russ, a mesmerizing stranger who shows her how to gamble, and who never seems to lose. Curious, Jessie wants to know his secret, and in response, alone in his hotel room, he teaches her a game that opens a door to another reality.

To Witch World.

Suddenly Jessie discovers that she’s stumbled into a world where some people can do the impossible, and others may not even be human. For a time she fears she’s lost her mind. Are there really witches? Is she one of them?

Overall Review:
I'll admit that Witch World was a bit of an impulse read. I was a huge fan of Christopher Pike's Thirst series and I do enjoy Pike's deep, complex writing so I thought that I'd enjoy Witch World a lot but unfortunately I didn't. It's a very fast read, I was on page 50 before I knew it, but I think that's the problem. Witch World can't be read fast, because it's so hard to follow along. There's just so much information and so much going on that it gets way too confusing. Plus the story changes all the time, literally. One minute a character is doing one thing, the next they're saying they did something completely different. There were times that I had to read a chapter two, sometimes event three times, to understand what was going on and what the heck had happened to get the story to where it was. I'm still unsure exactly what the whole plot for Witch World is or what is suppose to be going on. The explanation for what witch world (it is literally called that) is was also super confusing. The whole thing really didn't make much sense and I developed a headache trying to process the information I was given. While Witch World sounded good and could have potentially still been good, given the fact I couldn't process what was going on and got a headache trying I think it was a sign that the book wasn't for me and I should set it down.

Jessie really got on my nerves as well. For one thing, as a person, she was way too annoying with the way that she fawned over this guy and put him on some sort of pedestal like he was perfect, she even said he was numerous times. She was quick to get angry at others over the littlest of things but when dealt with confrontation she quickly changed her tune and was all happy happy with whoever it was she was mad at before. She was also a very vain character. It's one thing to realize that you are in fact pretty and that people would/could find you attractive, it's another thing entirely to constantly bring up how pretty you are and how everyone else isn't as pretty as you or constantly bringing up how this guy or that guy has a crush on you. She thought far too highly of herself to the point where she never pointed out any of her flaws but constantly brought up all the good things about her, bragging about it almost. She just bugged me as a character and I knew that if I had to read 500 pages on that attitude I'd be tempted to pull my hair out (or hers).

Since Witch World was more of an impulse read than anything else, I'm not super devastated for not enjoying it like I hoped it. Am I disappointed? Yes I am. Am I just absolutely crushed that I didn't enjoy this book? Nope. It happens. This book just wasn't for me for a variety of reasons, but it works for other people so I won't steer people away. Especially since I very much enjoyed Pike's Thirst series and do like Pike's writing very much. I'll just be more careful next time I pick up one of his books! Thanks for reading!

~Kayla~