“What you resist persists”- Carl Jung
“The dead girl first appeared in the mess hall.”
This is the hook, the first line in fact. The author has your attention from the crack of the starting pistol. Lightning is unpredictable, so is the angle it will strike. So it was a pleasant surprise for a ghost story to introduce a unique theory to their existence and consequent anchorage to a specific person. It’s pretty clever.
Obscured by the shadows of the past, the characters wade through the uncertainty of their future, dragging behind them the ghosts and guilt over thin ice that is weakening and threatening to shatter. A harrowing story of an incident, a tragedy that won’t let them forget. Moving back and forth, the author weaves a good tale of these friends’ endeavours to move on and enjoy the life they have been fortunate to have. But it’s not easy when the truth is out of reach. Do they feel unworthy of this gift, their lives spared? Is the pain justified? Most importantly of all, did the events of that night happen the way they remembered?
Kevin rues the night that changed his small group of friend’s lives forever, one which cost him ten years of freedom from society but cursed him with an eternity of self-hatred. The time when hell came to town and threw his car from the road, killing one of his beloved friends. One moment of broken concentration, that one momentary lapse that threatens to follow his every move, memories of guilt terrorising his nights and haunting his days. He can’t change the past, right what he thinks is his wrong, but he has found a way of atonement. A cold case seems a lot easier to pick up.
Returning to the night in question, his memory reveals a horror incomprehensible.
I cannot stress the importance of this book to the youth of our modern society.
This story is brilliant for young adults as it deals with a lot of adolescent issues, which truthfully speaking, must not be confined to the teenage audience, stereotyped teenagers versus ignorant, disconnected adults, et al. These issues occur in all ages, sexes, ethnicities. Do I need to elaborate? Very enjoyable ghost story. I award this book 4 stars.
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