Maeve is a 22 year old university student who has been given a pill by her room-mate Anne to help her study better. She takes just this one pill and suddenly things start to go wrong for her. Black Hat is a supernatural tale about a strange old man with big eyes who watches Maeve whilst wearing a black hat.
I suppose this novel is aimed at Young Adults as it highlights the dangers of taking drugs. It shows how just one pill of an unknown substance can wreck your life and maybe lose your sanity. Because it delves into the supernatural it loses any gritty urban realism. Black Hat is an easy read and provides a distraction. However, the entertainment value is POOR and this is not a fulfilling read. There is nothing special about this story and it did not provoke much interest for me.
It was hard to feel any empathy for Maeve as she has quite a spoilt little girl attitude.Her relationship with her parents is disrespectful and she can be rather rude to everyone. I did not find anything to like about this novel, so I can only vote it 2 stars.
Black Hat is available as an Amazon Kindle eBook and was written in 2012. This novel is Volume 1 of the Raven Children series. Volume 2 is called The Weeping Room and I shall not be bothered to download a copy.
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