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A review by errantdreams
Living with Ghosts by Kari Sperring
5.0
Kari Sperring’s Living With Ghosts depicts a rich, fascinating world peopled with flawed, equally fascinating people. Ms. Sperring is a master at depicting not-entirely-likable people who, nonetheless, are compelling and worth investing in. Any frustrations I had with the characters’ actions added to the story rather than detracting. The world-building is lovely, sketched out in the details of the characters and their actions with no need for unsightly info-dumps. I found the whole thing riveting and didn’t feel a need for any more or less detail than was provided.
The characters ruled the story, but I found plenty of tension and danger to keep the pace moving. The story pulled me in entirely—enough so that I had to set the book down overnight to digest its contents before I could consider reviewing it. The huge cast of characters occasionally left me reaching for the memory of who exactly a given name connected to, but it was only an occasional occurrence and not a real problem.
Living with Ghosts was such an intense, tight experience that it doesn’t need an extensive breakdown. While it would be wonderful to see more of Sperring’s world, I was wholly satisfied by the scope and scale of this individual story. I don’t often re-read books, but I can easily see myself coming back to this one to experience its events again.
NOTE: review book provided by publisher
If you wish to read a longer review including premise, you can visit my site: http://www.errantdreams.com/2014/05/review-living-with-ghosts-kari-sperring/
The characters ruled the story, but I found plenty of tension and danger to keep the pace moving. The story pulled me in entirely—enough so that I had to set the book down overnight to digest its contents before I could consider reviewing it. The huge cast of characters occasionally left me reaching for the memory of who exactly a given name connected to, but it was only an occasional occurrence and not a real problem.
Living with Ghosts was such an intense, tight experience that it doesn’t need an extensive breakdown. While it would be wonderful to see more of Sperring’s world, I was wholly satisfied by the scope and scale of this individual story. I don’t often re-read books, but I can easily see myself coming back to this one to experience its events again.
NOTE: review book provided by publisher
If you wish to read a longer review including premise, you can visit my site: http://www.errantdreams.com/2014/05/review-living-with-ghosts-kari-sperring/