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A review by katlikespie
The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian
2.0
Chip is an experienced pilot, but some things even the best pilot can't control - like birds flying into the plane's engines, causing an emergency landing. 39 people died that day, and Chip can't bring himself to fly anymore. He, his wife, and their twin daughters move to New Hampshire for a new start at life, moving into an old house with a sad history. It isn't long before Chip isn't just haunted by memories of that day, but by ghosts of some of the deceased passengers.
We also find out that the locals are a bit odd - women who claim to be "herbalists" but are more like a coven, each having named herself after some plant or herb. Oh, and one of them can read minds. And the boy who used to live in the house and committed suicide? It was murder. By them. And he's buried in the basement. And the witches want to kill one of the twins for her blood.
TOO. MUCH. Seriously: tragedy, ghosts, witches, psychic powers, a body in the basement, AND human sacrifice?
And this is just a stylistic choice but I can't stand it when the narrator speaks in second person. "You walk down the street..."
We also find out that the locals are a bit odd - women who claim to be "herbalists" but are more like a coven, each having named herself after some plant or herb. Oh, and one of them can read minds. And the boy who used to live in the house and committed suicide? It was murder. By them. And he's buried in the basement. And the witches want to kill one of the twins for her blood.
TOO. MUCH. Seriously: tragedy, ghosts, witches, psychic powers, a body in the basement, AND human sacrifice?
And this is just a stylistic choice but I can't stand it when the narrator speaks in second person. "You walk down the street..."