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A review by lory_enterenchanted
The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
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I learned about this title via the online discussion I participated in for the upcoming Witch Week - we read Black Water Sister by Zen Cho, also based on Malaysian ghost lore. This was a shorter, simpler variant on the theme that also involved a girl coming to know herself and her family better, and mixed some quite scary elements with humor and heart. Villains were regrettably one-sided, but the "girl" and the "ghost," along with the third friend who causes a rupture in their relationship, were well-drawn and believable. The mixed feelings of a destructive spirit who comes to have sympathy and even love for his "master," and yet has a hard time expressing them except through causing havoc, were well-portrayed.
I learned about this title via the online discussion I participated in for the upcoming Witch Week - we read Black Water Sister by Zen Cho, also based on Malaysian ghost lore. This was a shorter, simpler variant on the theme that also involved a girl coming to know herself and her family better, and mixed some quite scary elements with humor and heart. Villains were regrettably one-sided, but the "girl" and the "ghost," along with the third friend who causes a rupture in their relationship, were well-drawn and believable. The mixed feelings of a destructive spirit who comes to have sympathy and even love for his "master," and yet has a hard time expressing them except through causing havoc, were well-portrayed.