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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
kept imagining billy and jake as the two kids from the diary of a wimpy kid 🥸
This was my bestie buddy read for Summerween, and oh, did it disappoint.
I didn't know much about this one going into the read, other than that the cover has a fun vibe. However... I will say now that most of the marketing for this book vastly oversold a horror element that wasn't really there.
The Saturday Night Ghost Club tells the story of Jake Baker, our resident loner kid, as he navigates a summer that will change the course of his life forever. His eccentric Uncle Calvin begins to take Jake and his new friend Billy to increasingly creepy places as the story unfolds.
This is a story that weighs better in hindsight than it did during the actual reading experience. Looking back, I can see what was happening during the narrative. While reading, though, I found myself confused and a bit irritated that it seemed like we were reading multiple mini-stories rather than one.
I didn't know much about this one going into the read, other than that the cover has a fun vibe. However... I will say now that most of the marketing for this book vastly oversold a horror element that wasn't really there.
The Saturday Night Ghost Club tells the story of Jake Baker, our resident loner kid, as he navigates a summer that will change the course of his life forever. His eccentric Uncle Calvin begins to take Jake and his new friend Billy to increasingly creepy places as the story unfolds.
This is a story that weighs better in hindsight than it did during the actual reading experience. Looking back, I can see what was happening during the narrative. While reading, though, I found myself confused and a bit irritated that it seemed like we were reading multiple mini-stories rather than one.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Fun story. Sad ending
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not my most favorite read but I did enjoy the little twist and how it all came together in the end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident
Moderate: Violence, Murder
Minor: Pregnancy
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Authors - who weave words out of their emotions and experiences and create fantastical fictional worlds - are the only ones in this world who can make you feel things with just words on a page. Everybody can join a string of words but the emotion is only brought out by these wizards. Craig Davidson is definitely one!
Simple yet a poignantly beautiful novel.
Simple yet a poignantly beautiful novel.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A great coming-of-age/kids-on-bikes story about a 12 yo boy named Jake, growing up in the 80s on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. He's a bit of a lonely kid, and after befriending the new kid in town, Billy Yellowbird, and his sister Dove, they along with Jake's Uncle Calvin, form The Saturday Night Ghost Club. They get together and explore haunted or creepy things in their town.
Great concept on the surface, but there's so much more going on in this book. The story is also told through grown up Jake's POV as a neurosurgeon. We explore the brain as a physical object and our limits to the how and why of the memory aspect of the brain. Memory plays a big role in this book.
The ending caught me off guard and recontextualizes the whole book!
Great concept on the surface, but there's so much more going on in this book. The story is also told through grown up Jake's POV as a neurosurgeon. We explore the brain as a physical object and our limits to the how and why of the memory aspect of the brain. Memory plays a big role in this book.
The ending caught me off guard and recontextualizes the whole book!
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
fast-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:
No