is about new friends, the meaning of one own life or purpose in life and the day to day difficulties that turn to be more important and significant than just day to day living. The Inside man who has a clue never acts like he's there to save us from ourselves, as he goes along with every dumbassness after dumbassness idea the clueless come up with. This book was extremely well written, plot well thought out, well planned, well executed and well edited. Clines' writing is very suspenseful and the way he gradually revealed the history and purpose of the building was masterfully done. If the book has one weakness, I'd say it was the characters. Nate, Tim, and Veek were the only ones I was terribly attached to. The others were immigrants from Clicheville, if you ask me. When the purpose of the Kavach building was finally revealed, I was one happy monkey. To prevent spoilage, I'll only say that I didn't see it coming and I was really glad the direc

The plot contained a good amount of cliche, and that made it a bit bad. I hate cliches, and horror novels normally contain only a few. I'm not going to include the cliches anymore because that would result into spoilers. Let's just say I saw the ending coming, and also most of what happened in between. If you want something original, then yes the premise would make you happy, but the overall thing wouldn't. There were only a few things I struggled with. There are a lot of characters and all the Superheroes have their secret identity name and then their Superhero name. I got a little confused keeping them all straight for a little while sorta like a George RR Martin Book I needed a character tree. But by the end I totally had the hang of it I hope. Because there are so many characters it was hard to get a really in-depth look at any. But since this is a series I’m sure that will be ultimately remedied. It’s a crazy messed up roller coaster ride, which will either leave you breathless and laughing or puking your guts out by the end!!The story progresses as the inhabitants of the Kavach Building develop some connections and relationships with each other, and discover that they are all interested in the building’s mysteries. Against the prohibitions of the building’s superintendent, the residents of the Kavach Building begin to research the history of the building and explore its off-limits areas, including the mysterious apartment 14. So, I would try to review this book without revealing even the mundane details which I think might hint towards the mystery of this book. So, kinda fun (if a story that assumes the death of the majority of humanity can be called "fun") lots of action, smash bang super folks and monstrously powerful undead...things. Superman: St. George (formerly known as "The Mighty Dragon". not as clever an idea as it thinks it is) if the point of science fiction is exploring ordinary people placed under extraordinary circumstances, this book is pointless.

In terms of the story, I think some might find it slow to take off, particularly at the beginning and especially if you're expecting something more along the lines of pure horror. There are certainly horror elements in this book, but for the most part there's nothing too frightening. Is 14 scary? No, not really; there's nothing that would give me trouble sleeping anyway. But creepy and a bit unsettling? Definitely. This eeriness strengthens throughout the course of the novel with each new discovery of weirdness in Nate's building, every one of them adding to the atmosphere. I’ve been staring at this paragraph, writing and rewriting it, for the better part of two hours (as of this writing). I honestly don’t know how to start this review, so I’ll just start with the elevator pitch for 14: The story did take quite a while to unravel, so some of you might find it a bit slow in the beginning. However, the time it took to get to the big revelations made sense to me. It also served to develop the characters and their connections more realistically. Once I hit the halfway mark, I was trying to find more and more time to listen to the audiobook by taking long walks.Roger nodded. "Right. Getting stuff done to your brain makes your nose bleed. I read that in a book once." Peter Clines gave every POV a very distinctive feel and even changed the way the story was told in a few chapters to really change the voice of each. The way the chapter on Cairax was written in particular was my favorite. It would be impossible to explain their failures as characters without spoiling the book. Suffice it to say that the more you think about 14, the less sensible is the behavior of every character in it and the more profoundly and idiotically convenient are the details that lead them to the conclusion and the more confusing the mismanagement of those with more information than the reader. If they had not had their mystery to unravel, no doubt each of these idiots would be hall, pool and building monitors stopping and following everyone who did not live there and threatening to call 911 of said persons refused to id themselves.