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A review by roadtripreader
Beyond the Grave by R.W. Wallace
4.0
This series is really an unexpected delight to the senses. I found it whilst scrolling though scribd and actually registered for a trial month just to be able to read this book.
What I found a littler tiresome
1. The view of Clothilde as a moodly teenager as seen through the main narrator, her ghostly pal, a man, ghost at the age of 35. The descripters constantly used by the author, translated through this male protagonist were harping on at the same old tired stereotypes about teenagers and in particular, teenage girls..
What I loved:
1. The story set in France, in Toulouse - refreshing place for a mystery.
2. The fleshing out of the "living characters" as seen through their ability to sense the other world...specifically the ghostly realm. I noted that people who were sensitive were not good or bad, just highly attuned but none more so than Emeline.
3. I enjoyed the build up to the final conflict from car tailing right though to the gunshot. Something amazing happens close to the end - read it to enjoy this addition to ghost lore.
I am onboard for the next journey and I might even take a gander at all the short stories that came before the books.
What I found a littler tiresome
1. The view of Clothilde as a moodly teenager as seen through the main narrator, her ghostly pal, a man, ghost at the age of 35. The descripters constantly used by the author, translated through this male protagonist were harping on at the same old tired stereotypes about teenagers and in particular, teenage girls..
What I loved:
1. The story set in France, in Toulouse - refreshing place for a mystery.
2. The fleshing out of the "living characters" as seen through their ability to sense the other world...specifically the ghostly realm. I noted that people who were sensitive were not good or bad, just highly attuned but none more so than Emeline.
3. I enjoyed the build up to the final conflict from car tailing right though to the gunshot. Something amazing happens close to the end - read it to enjoy this addition to ghost lore.
I am onboard for the next journey and I might even take a gander at all the short stories that came before the books.