As for the whole ghost bit, I just hated it. As I said what really worked for me about this story was that it was real, and the ghost simply did not belong in it at all. I think this book would have been better without throwing in that little supernatural element. I know the whole Botch town thing could also be supernatural, but I really saw that as more of a Rain Man kinda thing, rather than psychic abilities.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
The Shadow Year
For me at least, this book was definitely the scariest book we read all semester, I unintentionally got through it in one sitting, mostly because I couldn't find anywhere in the book that I considered a good stopping point, if anything was resolved at some point, it seemed like two more things were brought up. But what made this scary for me was the fact that it was so real and possible, except for the ghost bit, the idea of a murderer stalking the helpless, is just entirely too possible, and too often actually happens.
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I totally agree that this story could have done without the supernatural element and let Botch Town be uncanny.
I third (?) the motion. The "scary" people were better than any ghost. And I agree that the changes in Botch Town were predictions, not the cause of events.
I really felt that the "ghost" was just tacked in like the author wanted to sell more books by preying on people who like ghost stories haha. Definitely one of the worst things about the book for me was when Jim (I think) said that Mr. White wanted their mother because she was weak. I think this added to the bad feelings we already have about Mr. White, because he is only preying on people that he knows will not be able to fight him.
I would disagree about this being the scariest story we have read this semester. I think that honor definitely belongs to one of the short stories from early in the course. In regards to the supernatural elements, I felt that they were rather tacked on, not at all part of the core plot.
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