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The Saturday Night Ghost Club
by Craig Davidson
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A great coming-of-age/kids-on-bikes story about a 12 yo boy named Jake, growing up in the 80s on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. He's a bit of a lonely kid, and after befriending the new kid in town, Billy Yellowbird, and his sister Dove, they along with Jake's Uncle Calvin, form The Saturday Night Ghost Club. They get together and explore haunted or creepy things in their town.
Great concept on the surface, but there's so much more going on in this book. The story is also told through grown up Jake's POV as a neurosurgeon. We explore the brain as a physical object and our limits to the how and why of the memory aspect of the brain. Memory plays a big role in this book.
The ending caught me off guard and recontextualizes the whole book!
Great concept on the surface, but there's so much more going on in this book. The story is also told through grown up Jake's POV as a neurosurgeon. We explore the brain as a physical object and our limits to the how and why of the memory aspect of the brain. Memory plays a big role in this book.
The ending caught me off guard and recontextualizes the whole book!