Review: good ghost story type of book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 16, 2012
Anna can hear the dead and finds that she needs to help them on their way. When a new dead guy named Jack comes along, he does not want to be helped on his way and instead makes plan to stick around for a long time. Unfortunately for Anna, there is the problem that Jack becomes more and more appealing the longer he stays. When she is found talking to thin air, her parents medicate and threaten to institutionalize her.There were several plot lines threaded together in this story. First off is the relationship between Anna and Jack and learning the truth of her abilities. Second is the spirit Tracey that wants Anna to help get closure in her past life. And third is the way the parents and one friend deal with Anna and her strange ability. Everything is meshed together nicely to keep the plot going well throughout the book.I would have to say much of the plot was predictable. I knew from one of the first meeting with Tracey, who hit her. But also the author worked predictability into the story to strengthen it. The parents for one did the most predictable thing I think a parent would do if their daughter said she talked to dead people- sent her to a psychologist.Edit was okay. There were a few instances where I stopped to reread, but the story was compelling enough to keep me going. Cover is pretty but didn't tell me much to expect from the story. There is symbolism to the cover that you find through the book, but I did not what to expect from the cover alone.Recommendation: If you like ghost type stories- especially for those that like the TV show Ghost Whisperer- this is the book for you. (I will be recommending it to my mother who likes happy ghost stories)