Review: Not particularly creepy but still a good ghost story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2011
To be honest, I expected "The Ghost of Birch River Cabin" to be a spooky horror story about a ghost haunting a cabin and those who stayed in it.  I was wrong, however, and while it was not what I expected, it was still very good indeed!The story starts out by telling the reader of an incident that happened with one of the cabin's past inhabitants.  After that incident, it then moves onto focusing on Paul, a fisherman looking forward to a peaceful stay at the cabin.  However, it soon appears that his stay may be less than peaceful on account of a dangerous storm berating the cabin.The writing by this author was overall quite good.  The only problem that I have is that the author insists upon telling every detail of everything Paul does.  It ends up explaining too much to the point of being a bit dull.  Despite this flaw, the story still maintains exciting moments that kept me from being bored for too long.As for the genre, I found it to be more of an action adventure than horror.Overall, this was quite a good short story.  It wasn't scary like I expected it to be, but the ghost introduced in the book was still very interesting.  This story could have done without a few of the overabundance of details, but I would still recommend this story to those who enjoy an adventurous read.WARNINGS - Mild Language, Mild Peril