Review: Great Ghost Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2013
This was a really good ghost story that I enjoyed from beginning to end. It was rich in detail and so much more going on than a simple haunt. All the characters, including secondary and background, were very real and had depth. It made the story quite rich.I know some complained about the structure of the story and thought it messy. I had no trouble following it although sometimes it can be a bit confusing (if you leave the story and then try to jump back in after a phone call or something). When you are immersed in the story and reading along you realize you have a 360 degree perspective of what is going on with everyone and what they are thinking and doing. It really felt like a very visual story that spun you from one character to the next and once you have the rhythm it does flow fairly well.What I liked most were the ghosts - there was variety in personality and power levels. The only disappointment was I really wanted to know what was in the town's cemetery and how does one get a hitchhiker??? Hopefully I will find that out in the next book.This was not scary horror but more of a mystery based on ghosts - reminded me of that Nicole Kidman movie The Others.