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A review by wunkymatts
The Apparition Phase by Will Maclean
3.0
There were some wonderful glimpses of brilliant ideas in this book, but it never quite knitted together. The introductory part was too long, it almost felt like a separate story and would have worked better being woven into the narrative of the house and the ghost hunt. Also, Tim's a bit of a twat, isn't he? I thought, with him banging on about how clever he was all the time, eventually this would be explored, especially with the comments about class in the blurb, but it never was. Some comments made by the other ghost hunters also echoed this view, so perhaps this is just a hang up of Maclean's.
The slow start seemed to infect the rest of the book, so the parts that should have been ramping up the tension fell flat. There was real potential there, but it was not realised. If Maclean has just stuck to the ghost hunt story this book would have been a lot more satisfying.
And the ending...why would you put you father in the most terrifying place you can think of for his last days? No, nope, do not believe it.
The slow start seemed to infect the rest of the book, so the parts that should have been ramping up the tension fell flat. There was real potential there, but it was not realised. If Maclean has just stuck to the ghost hunt story this book would have been a lot more satisfying.
And the ending...why would you put you father in the most terrifying place you can think of for his last days? No, nope, do not believe it.