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A review by dknippling
The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville
4.0
A haunted man decides to put his ghosts to sleep...by murdering those who helped him kill in the first place.
While this was well enough written that I have to give it a four, I found myself impatient with this book.
Back when I started digging through the history of horror novels, I often found myself having mental conversations with the writers, going, "Read a mystery novel once in a while, why don't ya?" I took that as a lesson and started reading more mystery.
With this book, I kept going, "Read a horror novel once in a while, why don't ya?"
The story felt predictable, and, indeed, there were no real twists, only one at the very end that was really only there to set up a sequel.
On the other hand--the book has a lot of insight into the history of Northern Ireland, the setting is great, the characters (if not exactly likeable) are pretty much solidly in the gang/Mafia novel tradition, and the book is a real page-turner.
In the end, I have to go, "Not for me, I've read this story too many times before not to have some sort of twist on it," but it may work perfectly fine for others. Recommend if you like a good revenge book or gang/Mafia story.
While this was well enough written that I have to give it a four, I found myself impatient with this book.
Back when I started digging through the history of horror novels, I often found myself having mental conversations with the writers, going, "Read a mystery novel once in a while, why don't ya?" I took that as a lesson and started reading more mystery.
With this book, I kept going, "Read a horror novel once in a while, why don't ya?"
The story felt predictable, and, indeed, there were no real twists, only one at the very end that was really only there to set up a sequel.
On the other hand--the book has a lot of insight into the history of Northern Ireland, the setting is great, the characters (if not exactly likeable) are pretty much solidly in the gang/Mafia novel tradition, and the book is a real page-turner.
In the end, I have to go, "Not for me, I've read this story too many times before not to have some sort of twist on it," but it may work perfectly fine for others. Recommend if you like a good revenge book or gang/Mafia story.