Pinesport Divide BY: Charles Matthews PUBLISHED BY: Metal Lunchbox Publishing PUBLISHED IN: 2010 ISBN: 978-0-984337-9-9 Pages: 372 Ages: Young Adult Reviewed by Billy Burgess In the world of “Pinesport Divide,” you are either a Normal, Lectrol or a Loor. The main character, Greyson Hi... more

Pinesport Divide BY: Charles Matthews PUBLISHED BY: Metal Lunchbox Publishing PUBLISHED IN: 2010 ISBN: 978-0-984337-9-9 Pages: 372 Ages: Young Adult Reviewed by Billy Burgess In the world of “Pinesport Divide,” you are either a Normal, Lectrol or a Loor. The main character, Greyson Hill, is your typical teenager. He is in love with his best friend’s girlfriend. He starts hanging around with a group of super human strength teenagers - the Lectrols. The girl Greyson has a crush on, Leara, has been keeping a secret. She is a Loor, a mentally enhanced person. The Loors are the enemies of the Lectrols. The three different races begin to collide with each other. Greyson must make a choose between the Lectrols and his friends. “Pinesport Divide” has a great premise, but doesn’t go beyond that. The book is too long at almost four hundred pages, when the story could have been told in under two hundred. The dialogue makes the characters seem cartoonish. I couldn’t connect to the main character, or any others. The book is confusing at times, and suffers from too much telling and not enough showing. I would like to thank the author for sending me this copy to review.