Review: not bad...3.5 stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2011
I'm a big fan of Nicholson...and I like a good haunted house story as much as the next person.  I didn't find this to be his best work, however.It's not a bad book, as I said it's a solid novel.  It just seems a little..predictable.  I thought the characters were well developed which is impressive considering there are quite a few of them and the book isn't a door stop of a read.  Nicholson is always tops at fleshing out characters so that's no surprise.I liked the setting.  Creepy old mansion in the Appalachian mountains with rooms populated by the man who built it 100 years ago as if he's watching every single move of the occupants.  Pretty cool.I could just see all the 'unanswerable' things going on as pretty answerable.  I don't always mind that.  Sometimes a book is so well written that being able to see certain twists and turns doesn't take away from the enjoyment.  This is just a difficult book for me to review because I can't quite put my finger on what it was that I didn't like about it, thus the 3.5 star review.  (not much of a useful review I suppose but I write it nonetheless).I think fans of Nicholson will take away enjoyment in some degree from the book that's for sure.  I just don't think it's his best work to date.  I suppose not every book can be a Red Church which I find to be the pinnacle of Nicholson's work to date.Very much worth a read for Nicholson fans and fans of ghost stories alike however.