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A review by ayacchi
Road of Bones by Christopher Golden
3.0
3.5 ★
I think the only thing that put my eyes on this book is the cover. Or maybe it had a higher rate before now. But paranormal genre, with its spirits that seems unreal and make no sense isn't my cup of tea. But I read it anyway. And I'm stuck between loving it, and hating it.
Teig and his friend Prentiss drove on the Road of Bones, where rumor said that many of the workers were buried under the permafrost back then (ps. I just knew permafrost has a cute Indonesian translation: ibun abadi). Along with Kaskil as their guide, they went to Akhust, looking for the coldest place on earth. In the middle of the journey, they met Nari, a woman in trouble with her car, and they brought her along. But once they arrived in Akhust, the one that welcomed them isn't people, but emptiness.
I listened to the audio narrated by Robert Fass. At first, it was kinda boring since the scenes happened on the road and whether his pronunciation was hard to follow, or the words the author chose were difficult for me. But once they arrived in Akhust and the real terror occured, I started to enjoy it and quite like it. His voice, especially when he did panicky voice of his, is so great. It added the haunting and the creepiness of the atmosphere. Things got more tense and interesting through the passage, until they came back to the road. This where I started to remember that I'm not really into paranormal thingy and thing got a bit absurd here. To make thing worse, I've been attached to the characters and that made me dislike how it ended. It could be better. I wish it could.
I think the only thing that put my eyes on this book is the cover. Or maybe it had a higher rate before now. But paranormal genre, with its spirits that seems unreal and make no sense isn't my cup of tea. But I read it anyway. And I'm stuck between loving it, and hating it.
Teig and his friend Prentiss drove on the Road of Bones, where rumor said that many of the workers were buried under the permafrost back then (ps. I just knew permafrost has a cute Indonesian translation: ibun abadi). Along with Kaskil as their guide, they went to Akhust, looking for the coldest place on earth. In the middle of the journey, they met Nari, a woman in trouble with her car, and they brought her along. But once they arrived in Akhust, the one that welcomed them isn't people, but emptiness.
I listened to the audio narrated by Robert Fass. At first, it was kinda boring since the scenes happened on the road and whether his pronunciation was hard to follow, or the words the author chose were difficult for me. But once they arrived in Akhust and the real terror occured, I started to enjoy it and quite like it. His voice, especially when he did panicky voice of his, is so great. It added the haunting and the creepiness of the atmosphere. Things got more tense and interesting through the passage, until they came back to the road. This where I started to remember that I'm not really into paranormal thingy and thing got a bit absurd here. To make thing worse, I've been attached to the characters and that made me dislike how it ended. It could be better. I wish it could.