What would have made The Gate better?
Better writing - I just felt this whole thing was lacking.
What was most disappointing about Jason Brant’s story?
I didn't care for the characters and the obvious caricature of the Ghost Hunters was rather lame. It didn't have enough substance - and perhaps sold as a young adult book my expectations would have been lowered. This story was R.L. Stein at very young reading level.
Did Robert Martinez do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?
He did an OK job of characterization - with very different voices.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Gate?
Nothing needed to be edited out - however the story, detail, and characters needed to be developed more....a LOT more.
Any additional comments?
This story has been done before, and I was really hoping for more umph....I stuck through it just to see if it would get better. Unfortunately, it didn't.