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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
I really enjoyed this. A newly wed couple starts experiencing difficulties when they move into a historic museum.
3.5 stars
Written well, liked the structure, just found the actual story a bit meh.
Written well, liked the structure, just found the actual story a bit meh.
In upstate New York is the home of an obscure American philosopher who went off the deep end into spiritualism—a fact that some of the board members of the museum established at that home have tried to suppress. As if to stymie their efforts, the Edmund Wright House has been the site of strange disappearances and mental breakdowns. Even more strangely, The Ghost Notebooks, by Ben Dolnick, begins on a hopeful note as a newly engaged couple takes up residence at the house so that Hannah Rampe can become a live-in curator...
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type.
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Such an interesting story! Truly a book about love, ghosts, grief, and madness. The story flowed really well and so did the changes in the main character, Nick. Just a spooky enough story without it being just a cheap spooky story. This is a story that’ll make you think after you’ve read the last line. My only wish was that a bit bigger chunk of the story developed Hannah’s experience at the Wright House, but other than that it was an awesome book!
Unsuspectingly Spooky | Review of ‘The Ghost Notebooks’ (Originally reviewed on Cyn's Workshop)
What’s so incredible about this novel is the fact that is it a ghost story that takes the reader by surprise. It is an unexpected twist in storytelling that takes the reader by surprise, and it is also non-linear, adding more mystery to the plot. At first glance, it seems like the story is going to be a love story about a couple taking over a Historical Museum/house. Moreover, that learns the reader into a false sense of security as far as the storytelling goes. Moreover, that is the strength of the story because it has little snippets that relate to the past written in various ways ranging from a professor talking about discussion questions to memoir entries, some of which don’t introduce the character to the reader, leaving them wondering. These mystery segments follow a female’s narrative they do not offer any clues as to who the female is, it offers no revelation as to who this wife and mother are it is all a mystery. This is when the story begins to take on the ominous tone because the longer the nonlinear way of Storytelling offers up different perspectives with an eerie sense to them. As the story progresses the Eerie tone become stronger and stronger with every little detail. Moreover, it is the small details that make the story so so thrilling and provocative and compelling. Dolnick Is such an impressive author because of how he has constructed The narrative going between mediums and style to capture and present this ghost story in a unique way. There are parts of the story that is a reminiscent of Carrie by Stephen King because of how the author uses chapter breaks and small details. The eeriness that builds in this novel just sort of pops up out of nowhere.
Story development is critical in the narrative because it has to build to something. Dolnick does that. He writes in the story with so much misdirection, capturing the ominous tone enough so that it lures the reader in unsuspectingly, allowing the spook factor to sneak up in the reader. That is what makes it such a good ghost story, the fact that it creeps up on the reader unsuspectingly.
The story keeps moving, the characters do not jump off the pages, but their actions and reactions keep the pace of the story movie. They are a catalyst and how they develop through everything, it is unpredictable. They are unpredictable characters that balance out the eeriness perfectly, leaving the story to haunt the reader.
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What’s so incredible about this novel is the fact that is it a ghost story that takes the reader by surprise. It is an unexpected twist in storytelling that takes the reader by surprise, and it is also non-linear, adding more mystery to the plot. At first glance, it seems like the story is going to be a love story about a couple taking over a Historical Museum/house. Moreover, that learns the reader into a false sense of security as far as the storytelling goes. Moreover, that is the strength of the story because it has little snippets that relate to the past written in various ways ranging from a professor talking about discussion questions to memoir entries, some of which don’t introduce the character to the reader, leaving them wondering. These mystery segments follow a female’s narrative they do not offer any clues as to who the female is, it offers no revelation as to who this wife and mother are it is all a mystery. This is when the story begins to take on the ominous tone because the longer the nonlinear way of Storytelling offers up different perspectives with an eerie sense to them. As the story progresses the Eerie tone become stronger and stronger with every little detail. Moreover, it is the small details that make the story so so thrilling and provocative and compelling. Dolnick Is such an impressive author because of how he has constructed The narrative going between mediums and style to capture and present this ghost story in a unique way. There are parts of the story that is a reminiscent of Carrie by Stephen King because of how the author uses chapter breaks and small details. The eeriness that builds in this novel just sort of pops up out of nowhere.
Story development is critical in the narrative because it has to build to something. Dolnick does that. He writes in the story with so much misdirection, capturing the ominous tone enough so that it lures the reader in unsuspectingly, allowing the spook factor to sneak up in the reader. That is what makes it such a good ghost story, the fact that it creeps up on the reader unsuspectingly.
The story keeps moving, the characters do not jump off the pages, but their actions and reactions keep the pace of the story movie. They are a catalyst and how they develop through everything, it is unpredictable. They are unpredictable characters that balance out the eeriness perfectly, leaving the story to haunt the reader.
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an offbeat ghost story with a little bit of sci-fi
❀ so you’re telling me you could have made it as a musician…okay
❀ this time the ghosts are real and they’re not hot
❀ hokey sci-fi where you vindicate your wife
❀ another case of your long time boyfriend not wanting to commit
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❀ so you’re telling me you could have made it as a musician…okay
❀ this time the ghosts are real and they’re not hot
❀ hokey sci-fi where you vindicate your wife
❀ another case of your long time boyfriend not wanting to commit
❀
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The atmospheric slow burn of an A24 indie horror film