Review: I liked it.  It was different.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2013
Relatively Dead explores the phenomenon called "residual" haunting, imprint haunting, or a combo of the two with a bit of Psychometry thrown in.Residual hauntings are{...repeated playbacks of auditory, visual, olfactory, and other sensory phenomena that are attributed to a traumatic event, life-altering event, or a routine event of a person or place, like an echo or a replay of a videotape of past events.}This would be vs an intelligent haunting where the spirit seems to be intelligently answering questions, maneuvering objects, etc.I LOVE the paranormal, the supernatural, anything that has to do with spirits, being aware of what is around us that we can't see, the stuff that science can't prove.  That means this book is right up my ally.Relatively Dead takes that phenomenon and adds a twist. I enjoyed it.  I agree with a couple of Amazon reviews that it really seemed to end quickly and there could have been more (especially when exploring the relationship between Abby and Ned), but it was good.  There was quite a bit of time in the book where she was hunting down genealogy info and I found that interesting.  I really want to finish our family tree, to know where we come from, but I get past my great-grandparents and I get overwhelmed.  I loved it when she unwrapped another little nugget and pieces started flowing together, tying in this and that, and connecting this person with that person.I also loved reading some more of the history of that area.  I'm from the midwest but I have always been in love with New England.  I don't know why, I've never been there.  I dream of going to Boston and Salem someday.  I want to get out and explore and here those stories first hand.I really didn't see there being a huge mystery here. I'm assuming that the mystery was finding out what tore her family apart or maybe it was why this was happening to her.All in all it was a good book that I read in one setting.Thank you to NetGalley for sending me a copy of Relatively Dead for an honest review.