Reviews

Darkest Journey by Heather Graham

wanderingwordsmith's review against another edition

4.0

A couple of the previous books in this series have made me consider not continuing, as there has been so many books in the series that it has started to feel a bit formulaic, but this one was a great installment in my opinion. This wrapped up the three that involved cruise ships of some type, and I think of the three it was my favorite. I loved all of the civil war history that was woven into the story and the growing relationship (as well as memories) between Charlie and Ethan as well as the personalities given to a couple of the ghosts.

jessyhere's review against another edition

1.0

This was awful. Poorly-written, saccharine drivel. For example, look at this paragraph of dialogue:

I only vaguely remember him from school. Like you, he was three years older--a huge difference back then--and I know you were both on the football team. He seemed like a decent man when I talked to him last night.

This is the heroine talking to the love interest. Some one she went to high school with, who knows all this already, and who probably also knows that she knows all this already. Who talks like this? Someone practicing to be a narrator?

Also every one was too black and white to be believable. The protagonists were all golden boys and angels, and the killers

were just greedy and willing to kill to make a bunch of money.

Not a single character had any depth to them. Even the ghost aspect wasn't interesting. You would think a series about a branch of the FBI that specializes in seeing ghosts would have some interesting tactics to use that in their investigations. Convince the ghosts to spy for you, because most people can't see them or something. But no, they function pretty much like living people and just act as extra witnesses to interview, not even particularly useful witnesses at that. Mostly they just pop up and go "Oooo, you're in danger." Great, that helps a lot. Do yourself a favor and skip this one.