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A review by hellhoundharry
The Vanishment by Jonathan Aycliffe
3.0
This was a very relaxed and easy read. And I mean that in all the good ways!
The story in itself is your average "victorian house by the sea with a terrible secret".
It's very predictable in that sense, you can almost skip the first half of the book.
Peter and Sarah arrive at the house, he is a struggling writer and she is a painter. But she gets a bad feeling around the house, especially in one of the rooms, which he of course does not believe in. And eventually she vanishes, gasp!
He tries to contact the cops, relatives, ask around the village and so on, but no one has seen her.... Actually, this part really annoyed me because it takes up a large portion of the book, and yet I felt we really didn't need this part! I hope no one honestly believed she would be gone and then Peter would find Sarah had just gone down to the pub?
However, I did enjoy the book for what it was: A ghost story in the vein of Susan Hill. Perfect reading for halloween! I recommend it if you want just a simple and fun ghost story.
The story in itself is your average "victorian house by the sea with a terrible secret".
It's very predictable in that sense, you can almost skip the first half of the book.
Peter and Sarah arrive at the house, he is a struggling writer and she is a painter. But she gets a bad feeling around the house, especially in one of the rooms, which he of course does not believe in. And eventually she vanishes, gasp!
He tries to contact the cops, relatives, ask around the village and so on, but no one has seen her.... Actually, this part really annoyed me because it takes up a large portion of the book, and yet I felt we really didn't need this part! I hope no one honestly believed she would be gone and then Peter would find Sarah had just gone down to the pub?
However, I did enjoy the book for what it was: A ghost story in the vein of Susan Hill. Perfect reading for halloween! I recommend it if you want just a simple and fun ghost story.