I was fortunate to receive an ARC of Lissa Bryan’s debut novel, Ghostwriter.
So this was the first time I’ve ever read a ghost novel and I can assure you it is a very different and interesting experience, and nothing like anything I have ever read before.
My heart broke a lot for Sara with the living conditions she had to endure and having to be surrounded with two people, her mother and ex boyfriend, who don’t deserve a place in her life.
It was so humorous to read about Sara trying to explain the ways of the world to someone who has been a ghost for nearly a century, who knows nothing whatsoever about technology and can’t wrap his mind around the changes for women that have taken place since the Women’s Movement. As someone who has always liked history and studied it throughout high school, it was a real treat to read this as there were a lot of historical references throughout this novel.
The writing is very descriptive but in a good way. The author does not go into too much detail about the clothing that the heroine is wearing for instance as some authors tend to do which can get annoying. This author writes descriptively when explaining the experience Seth had in the war for example. The use of Seth’s letters to reveal to the reader his background was absolutely fantastic. Very well done on the author’s behalf.
The love story developed naturally and beautifully, might I add. I continually asked myself how is this going to work, how is a human girl going to be able to make her relationship work with her ghost boyfriend. Well, I certainly couldn’t have predicated the outcome and I definitely didn’t see that coming, so it was an enjoyable surprise to be able to shocked at how it concluded.
So this was the first time I’ve ever read a ghost novel and I can assure you it is a very different and interesting experience, and nothing like anything I have ever read before.
My heart broke a lot for Sara with the living conditions she had to endure and having to be surrounded with two people, her mother and ex boyfriend, who don’t deserve a place in her life.
It was so humorous to read about Sara trying to explain the ways of the world to someone who has been a ghost for nearly a century, who knows nothing whatsoever about technology and can’t wrap his mind around the changes for women that have taken place since the Women’s Movement. As someone who has always liked history and studied it throughout high school, it was a real treat to read this as there were a lot of historical references throughout this novel.
The writing is very descriptive but in a good way. The author does not go into too much detail about the clothing that the heroine is wearing for instance as some authors tend to do which can get annoying. This author writes descriptively when explaining the experience Seth had in the war for example. The use of Seth’s letters to reveal to the reader his background was absolutely fantastic. Very well done on the author’s behalf.
The love story developed naturally and beautifully, might I add. I continually asked myself how is this going to work, how is a human girl going to be able to make her relationship work with her ghost boyfriend. Well, I certainly couldn’t have predicated the outcome and I definitely didn’t see that coming, so it was an enjoyable surprise to be able to shocked at how it concluded.
MY RATING - 4 SWOONS
