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A Sudden Light
by Garth Stein
Odd story.
Serena is a thoroughly detestable character. She’s a sociopath. Also, she’s watched way too much "Scooby Doo."
It’s a ghost story and family history and a logging vs nature story and a Bildungsroman. It spans three generations in one house with the Patriarch who is being framed for senility, his two children, Serena and Brother Jones (yuck) and then Jones' son, Trevor.
Grandpa wants to keep the house and land because he made a promise to a ghost.
Serena wants to sell the land and make lots of money and she's lured her brother back in order to help her.
Trevor learns about his family history through letters, dreams, and ghostly visitations.
It borders on melodramatic and I found myself irritated throughout.
Overall: Meh. 2 stars
Serena is a thoroughly detestable character. She’s a sociopath. Also, she’s watched way too much "Scooby Doo."
It’s a ghost story and family history and a logging vs nature story and a Bildungsroman. It spans three generations in one house with the Patriarch who is being framed for senility, his two children, Serena and Brother Jones (yuck) and then Jones' son, Trevor.
Grandpa wants to keep the house and land because he made a promise to a ghost.
Serena wants to sell the land and make lots of money and she's lured her brother back in order to help her.
Trevor learns about his family history through letters, dreams, and ghostly visitations.
It borders on melodramatic and I found myself irritated throughout.
Overall: Meh. 2 stars