Talk:Bedtime V: Sleep Tight/@comment-28423057-20160520025943

7 / 10

Started off very strong, but the last two chapters just felt kind of... rushed? Cliched? It's difficult to put into words. Dissatisfying? Yeah, that's a good one. Too many loose ends. What were these creatures? Where did they come from? And why target him? Plus considering that it could obviously de-manifest itself more or less at will, why would it even be vulnerable to drowning or immolation?

I also didn't like how the situation with Mary was handled. Her character existed solely to add to the misery (and thus the reader's sympathy) for the main character. Furthermore the idea that she's gone forever doesn't sit well with me. Doesn't she read his blog? Wouldn't she eventually realize that it's a bit odd that her boyfriend, who had (as far as we know) never shown even the slightest aggression toward her, attacked her viciously in the middle of the night for no reason, and just made up some boogeyman story on the spot as justification? She supposedly knew him so well, knew immediately when something was wrong, but couldn't tell he was being sincere when trying to explain things?

Oh well. I understand relationships can be difficult to write consistently sometimes, especially when one of the people involved in them is essentially there as background scenery, and thus not really well thought out. It's still a good series, but honestly I think it would've been stronger without wrecking the guy's love life for added drama. We already felt sorry for him.