Review: Fun, but fluffy
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2013
I decided to get this book because I saw the Alyssa Milano version of the movie when I was a kid.  I don't remember the movie, so I don't know how accurate it is to the book.This was really more of a short story, which was both good and bad.  It was good because the story was fairly fluffy and I don't think I would have wanted to continue reading in that vein.  However, if the story had been expanded to where you saw more about the thoughts and feelings of the main characters, that would have been pretty cool.I loved the casual way that the new owners of the house treated the ghost.  It was so matter of fact and uncaring.  Offering the ghost the oil for his chains was actually very funny.  I also found it funny that Wilde chose to make these matter of fact characters Americans.  Like saying Americans have no respect for tradition and history, so a ghost would have been no big issue.  I also liked the way the "blood" spot kept showing up in varying shades, including Emerald Green.This was a very enjoyable story, I just thought you didn't really see enough character development to make it seem anything more than fluffy.