Death's Door

Death's Door by Betsy Byars is what I like to call a half and half book. That means that it wasn't great, but it also wasn't totally horrible. It was very adventurous, but there were some characters about which the reader didn't get enough information.
In Death's Door there are two main characters. Their names are Herculeah and Meat. Meat's uncle is in danger from a gunman named The Bull. At one point, Herculeah gets kidnapped by the uncle. it seems like the end for Herculeah when The Bull comes into the same bookstore that Herculeah is in. The bookstore called Death's Door.
Getting to know a character is always good for a story. There were some little facts about the characters but not enough. For instance, it's impossible to tell to tell whether Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Herculeah's parents, are divorced. They get along very well but they live in separate houses. Another example is you never know why Meat is called Meat when his real name is Albert. Also, you never get told how it came to be that Herculeah's hair frizzles when there is danger. A good story needs a lot of details, but this one only has a few.
The good parts of the story were that it was very adventurous and action packed! There was one part where Herculeah saw The Bull. She pushed a bookcase on top of The Bull and ran for the exit! There was also a part where the blind uncle was driving and being chased by The Bull. These were some of the parts that almost made you feel like you were in the story.
I really like mysteries, so it wasn't quite a shock that I mostly enjoyed Death's Door. Although the book had a couple of faults, all in all, it was a good book.