In a dusty corner of a basement in a rambling Victorian
house in northern New Hampshire, a door has long been sealed shut with
thirty-nine 6-inch-long carriage bolts.
The home’s new owners are Chip and Emily Linton and their
twin ten-year-old daughters. Together
they hope to rebuild their lives there after Chip, an airline pilot, has to
ditch his regional jet in Lake Champlain after double engine failure. The body count? Thirty-nine—a coincidence not lost on Chip when he discovers the
bolts in his basement door. Haunted by
the accident, he and his family struggle to start again—unaware that sometimes
the past will find you.
Bohjalian delivers a poignant and powerful story with all
the hallmarks readers have come to expect: a palpable sense of place, an
unerring sense of the demons that drive us, and characters we care about
deeply.
The difference this time?
Some of those characters are dead.
2/5 stars (it was ok)
I picked this book up expecting to be really scared but was
disappointed. Maybe I’ve just read too
many scary books and my scary meter is too high. This story follows a pilot that is haunted by 3 ghosts of the
passengers from the flight he crashed.
Also in the mix are these “herbalists” that refuse to call themselves
witches. I think the author either need
to stick to ghosts or witches or written them to connect with each other
more. This book felt like two separate
books. Also the way it is narrated when
we are following Chip, we are Chip and everything he does/thinks is referred to
as “you”. Also I did not care for the
ending.
Our next book is: Crow Lake - Mary Lawson
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