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wendoxford 's review for:
Platform Seven
by Louise Doughty
The main thread of this story is chilling, page turning and apposite for the zeitgeist of coercive control. However I struggled with the construct of the narrative by a ghost and the surrounding culture of the spirit world which completely clogged up the beginning and end. I found Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold) did this the other way round, and the parallels (despite vastly different plotlines) kept clinging to me as I read.
I think that a beyond the grave perspective is not for me. The parts of the narrative I found most engaging were when Lisa (our protagonist) told her story in real time. I think the ghost element was clumsy and completely unnecessary, it gave no more insight than an omniscient narrator.
I think that a beyond the grave perspective is not for me. The parts of the narrative I found most engaging were when Lisa (our protagonist) told her story in real time. I think the ghost element was clumsy and completely unnecessary, it gave no more insight than an omniscient narrator.