Restless Spectres by A. Woodly
An Indie Book Review by Joseph Poopinski
Sixth Sense Meets Two Broke Girls
3 stars
It’s
a light fresh start romance with plenty of planning, rationalization,
explanation & sometimes ghosts. Overthinking
alone may occupy a third of the novella’s real estate: Get gas before a car trip, save that receipt
from the jewelry store & procrastinate when uncertain enough, now, but
remind whomever to make a better decision later. At times it’s funny but never scary. An oft-confounding theme from life’s
independently acting agents plays a role in how Restless Spectres
resolves: Given ghosts exist, we learn straightforward
rules (ghosts are invisible) but there are exceptions (Clara can see ghosts)
& additional exceptions (certain other folks can see the ghosts too), and
then some flukes defy those exceptions (neither Clara nor the ghost hunters can
see the evil ghost), so we’re back to square one. Among several incidentals, braver readers might
utilize a planchette & Ouija board to discover her old boyfriend’s “work”
trip’s true purpose & where the several spooky vanishing apparitions who
never talked fit in. The very ending
suited me just fine.
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