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2.5 stars…rounding down. Oh, I had high hopes for this book. High hopes that were thrown off a cliff and dashed on the rocks until they were tiny little mangled pieces not even resembling hopes. Let me tell you why this book didn’t work.
The biggest problem is the storytelling format. For the first half of the book, there are just random ghost stories about Rose. They start and stop randomly. Granted, they’re ghost stories told from the ghost’s point of view, but they’re still ghost stories. Ther ...more
The biggest problem is the storytelling format. For the first half of the book, there are just random ghost stories about Rose. They start and stop randomly. Granted, they’re ghost stories told from the ghost’s point of view, but they’re still ghost stories. Ther ...more
Maybe like 2.75 stars, rounding up...
I like the concept of the Sparrow Hill Road, it was original and it was really well written, but it did get very repetitive. I mean we get it, you like cheeseburgers and malts (and really, who doesn't). It didn't feel very novel like, more like a bunch of short stories slapped together (especially at the beginning), maybe that's what Seanan McGuire was going for, but it certainly wasn't what I was expecting. ...more
I like the concept of the Sparrow Hill Road, it was original and it was really well written, but it did get very repetitive. I mean we get it, you like cheeseburgers and malts (and really, who doesn't). It didn't feel very novel like, more like a bunch of short stories slapped together (especially at the beginning), maybe that's what Seanan McGuire was going for, but it certainly wasn't what I was expecting. ...more
Mar 07, 2014
Deanna
marked it as to-read
Oct 26, 2017
Emma R.
marked it as really-want-to-read
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urban-fantasy,
paranormal,
adult,
horror,
ghosts,
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