by Darren Shan, D.B. Shan
While many of the characters have a valid narrative reason for their 2 dimensionality, the writing is too bland and formulaic to sustain interest. For all its faults, it has a few good ideas & it probably would have made a nice short story.
You can read my review here: http://www.thegenretraveler.com/horror/travel-reads-procession-of-the-dead/
Utterly absorbing with interesting concepts to ponder. A fabulous read.