--- product_id: 42803645 title: "The Halo Effect: A Novel" brand: "lake union publishing" price: "C$2054" currency: NIO in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 category: "Book" url: https://www.desertcart.ni/products/42803645-the-halo-effect-a-novel store_origin: NI region: Nicaragua --- # The Halo Effect: A Novel **Brand:** lake union publishing **Price:** C$2054 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Halo Effect: A Novel by lake union publishing - **How much does it cost?** C$2054 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ni](https://www.desertcart.ni/products/42803645-the-halo-effect-a-novel) ## Best For - lake union publishing enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted lake union publishing brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![The Halo Effect: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/411otiQ8PNL.jpg) ![The Halo Effect: A Novel - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Kped1urCL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐ Dark, Dangerous Moments are Nonexistent *by C***. on Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2017* A total snooze fest. My goodness how it just dragged out, the end was so anticlimactic. Two stars is all this one can muster. My review is not a mini-synopsis, all I can offer is that it was a dud and feel that your time may be better spent elsewhere.The author does the internal dialogue of a teenage girl so badly I cringed.Entire chapters that added nothing of value to the story but were some attempt at building the non-suspense. I literally went back and read all the editorial reviews for this and laughed at how absolutely off mark they are. Page turner- yeah I started turning pages quickly when I realized that taking my time to absorb this was a serious waste of hours of my life.Intolerably suspensful ? No way, when I read the end I was just glad to have it over and done.The author decided to have the undercurrent of secrets and teenage angst play out through the act of self mutilation (cutting), but just botched it. She introduces this terrible pent up anxiety and then just plays it off as blah blah blah my parents are so lame, DE- NI- AL, they just don't "get me". Its bad.The main character mentions his RAGE that you never ever see. The books just goes on about rage and anger but it's not simmering or white hot, maybe lukewarm. And then randomly switches the point of storytelling to have the father question the reader (me/you) about how we would feel.Language: F-bombs, c*ck, b*tch. And not really for any good effect.The sex, while very abbreviated was so so not needed just because it was laughable. "We held each other like young lovers, but lovers whose bones held marrow-deep sorrow. We moved slowly as we explored, touched, tasted, as if not only our bodies but the air itself was fragile and a misstep would shatter all. I entered her, went deep, and knew that joy could be pain too". ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Don't be thrown off by the title... *by C***. on Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2017* A family is torn apart when their daughter is murdered. This book travels the journey of the father from hate and revenge to the discovery of the murderer and the healing he finds as let's go of the anger. A really engaging story, every detail fitting perfectly into the puzzle that is the story. I could not put it down. Perfect editing, found not a single grammatical error. (Those things drive me nuts) A beautiful lesson in the healing process that we all go through after a significant loss in our lives. Very real. Very well done. So good it could make you think it was a true story. Read it. You will not be disappointed. ### ⭐⭐ Definitely not a thriller, more about emotions *by A***H on Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2017* The summary of this novel is very misleading. The "climax" of the book was the last two or so pages.. the book was so long and drawn out, I was actually really surprised by how the ending lacked much detail. If you want to read a book about how some people might potentially feel in the aftermath of a tragic loss, this is the book for you. If you want to read a murder mystery, like the synopsis seemed to imply it would be, don't read this. There was maybe one sentence that said anything about the narrator being suspicious of the people he was painting. The book was 96% over (according to my Kindle) by the time it took to actually get interesting, and it wasn't given the chance to be interesting because the climax was seriously lacking. "That happened, then that happened, and there was a trial in there somewhere but (narrator) doesn't remember much of that, and then this didn't happen. The end." The entire book was so incredibly detailed that it actually got boring and I was repeatedly tempted to stop reading it, then the ending held no detail at all. Really disappointed. Could have been so much better if the ending was written consistent to the rest of the book. 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