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vhp's review against another edition
3.0
Some parts of this book were tedious, but the good parts were very good and made up for the tedious parts.
The main character sees dead people and it really messes up his life - he messes up his life. And when he loses it, he wakes up and starts to live. Really live his life.
The main character sees dead people and it really messes up his life - he messes up his life. And when he loses it, he wakes up and starts to live. Really live his life.
survivalisinsufficient's review against another edition
3.0
I was totally suckered in by the Texas/Houston thing - he definitely included enough bits to make the book feel like home (for someone who hasn't lived in Texas in over 10 years). The writing is clever enough and the story itself is ok (frustrating that he can see ghosts but not do anything), though the ending...
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oh my god, he was going to kill her? Sorry, no.audreyintheheadphones's review against another edition
5.0
*cue Michelle Shocked's "Memories of East Texas"*
A ghost story with history, landscape and a sprawling Texas family at its heart, and not in a Southern Gothic way, but in a blue-collar surviving way. It just -- and there's really no way to say this more easily -- it just makes sense. The mythology of seeing ghosts, Will and Don and Josie's relationship, and all the rest. It's pretty and sad and hilarious. So I keep re-reading it.
A ghost story with history, landscape and a sprawling Texas family at its heart, and not in a Southern Gothic way, but in a blue-collar surviving way. It just -- and there's really no way to say this more easily -- it just makes sense. The mythology of seeing ghosts, Will and Don and Josie's relationship, and all the rest. It's pretty and sad and hilarious. So I keep re-reading it.
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