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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
mysterious
medium-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was so fabulously good. I was turned onto this book by the Horror Aficionado group as one of their group read for May, 2018. It isn’t, properly speaking, horror. It’s a mystery thriller that just happens to have a ghost as an integral supporting part of both the A and B plots. (A particularly scary ghost - if you ask me - named Mary Hand.)
This is one of those flip back and forth mysteries, where you are in 2014 for a chapter or two and then you are in 1950 for a chapter or two. Each story line follows a crime, both of which happened in the same location over 40 years apart.
Both mysteries were excellent and are wrapped up well in the end. I loved all the protagonists - 4 teenage girls in the 1950 story and a female reporter in 2014. They were alive, three dimensional, and compelling.
I couldn’t put this book down. I kept sneaking away from doing stuff with my kids to read a few more pages here and there. (So, I guess, warning- the book will make you a bad parent for a day or two.) But honestly, it was just that good.
This is one of those flip back and forth mysteries, where you are in 2014 for a chapter or two and then you are in 1950 for a chapter or two. Each story line follows a crime, both of which happened in the same location over 40 years apart.
Both mysteries were excellent and are wrapped up well in the end. I loved all the protagonists - 4 teenage girls in the 1950 story and a female reporter in 2014. They were alive, three dimensional, and compelling.
I couldn’t put this book down. I kept sneaking away from doing stuff with my kids to read a few more pages here and there. (So, I guess, warning- the book will make you a bad parent for a day or two.) But honestly, it was just that good.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
this was our October 2025 book club pick over at RCB and i enjoyed this one as well. my favorite parts were the atmosphere and the mystery that the journalist slowly uncovered. the ghosts also didn't unnerve me too badly which was a win lol
it's really not working for me. I think the writing isn't good, and I just can't get into it