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Ghost Eaters
by Clay McLeod Chapman
Death is not the end when you have Ghost.
Ghost Eaters is a book I knew I would enjoy based on the premise, but I didn't anticipate how much I would enjoy it. The plot sounded like it would be something very shallow in its execution, but the author did a fantastic job fleshing out the plot and the characters in a way that wove the story together in such a satisfactory way. Its a quick read with plenty of twists to turn your stomach and leave your mind wondering what the hell is going on and what is going to happen.
Our protagonist Erin loses someone very close to her and she is given the opportunity to experience a new phenomena called 'ghost' which is a drug that when consumed allows the user to see and interact with ghosts. Sounds fun, right? The only problem is you don't always get to choose which ghosts visit you and they definitely don't tell you how long they will be with you. Erin finds herself falling down a destructive path of addiction, paranoia, and most of all fear as the haunting get more and more intense and begin to invade her everyday life and she is unable to shake them. When someone asks you if you wanted to get 'haunted' perhaps you should think twice unless you want a permanent ghost following you around and they aren't always the nice kind of ghosts.
I have to give major kudos to the author for how he incorporated so much disturbing and vibrant imagery in this story - it really added to experience of putting yourself in Erin's shoes during those moments when she's high on Ghost and experiencing her haunting. I felt her fear and trepidation and it felt all consuming like the drug is itself.
Addiction is a major part of this book and manifests itself in different forms. Erin initially struggles with an addiction to her sometimes problematic boyfriend Silas and his all consuming personality, and then later when tragedy befalls she throws herself into getting haunted with ghost to an almost lethal point where her life is in grave danger and sees other addicted fall to the same circumstances. The author puts an impressive amount of detail and emphasis on the struggles of addiction and how easily one can fall into it and let it consume your life and every waking thought when left unchecked.
Ghost Eaters will surprise you, disturb you, break your heart and will ultimately leave you with only one question:
Wanna get Haunted?
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review!
Ghost Eaters is a book I knew I would enjoy based on the premise, but I didn't anticipate how much I would enjoy it. The plot sounded like it would be something very shallow in its execution, but the author did a fantastic job fleshing out the plot and the characters in a way that wove the story together in such a satisfactory way. Its a quick read with plenty of twists to turn your stomach and leave your mind wondering what the hell is going on and what is going to happen.
Our protagonist Erin loses someone very close to her and she is given the opportunity to experience a new phenomena called 'ghost' which is a drug that when consumed allows the user to see and interact with ghosts. Sounds fun, right? The only problem is you don't always get to choose which ghosts visit you and they definitely don't tell you how long they will be with you. Erin finds herself falling down a destructive path of addiction, paranoia, and most of all fear as the haunting get more and more intense and begin to invade her everyday life and she is unable to shake them. When someone asks you if you wanted to get 'haunted' perhaps you should think twice unless you want a permanent ghost following you around and they aren't always the nice kind of ghosts.
I have to give major kudos to the author for how he incorporated so much disturbing and vibrant imagery in this story - it really added to experience of putting yourself in Erin's shoes during those moments when she's high on Ghost and experiencing her haunting. I felt her fear and trepidation and it felt all consuming like the drug is itself.
Addiction is a major part of this book and manifests itself in different forms. Erin initially struggles with an addiction to her sometimes problematic boyfriend Silas and his all consuming personality, and then later when tragedy befalls she throws herself into getting haunted with ghost to an almost lethal point where her life is in grave danger and sees other addicted fall to the same circumstances. The author puts an impressive amount of detail and emphasis on the struggles of addiction and how easily one can fall into it and let it consume your life and every waking thought when left unchecked.
Ghost Eaters will surprise you, disturb you, break your heart and will ultimately leave you with only one question:
Wanna get Haunted?
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review!