A review by horrorandscience
Linghun by Ai Jiang

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This town worships the dead, but it has no respect for the living.

Linghun was a wonderfully unique story and I can’t wait to shout about it to everyone I know. 

There are three points of view in this story: Wenqi, a teenager moving into one of the most exclusive houses in the world; Liam, whose family has been waiting for an opening for years; and an older woman simply known as Mrs, who’s been waiting and waiting for years… 

They do have one thing in common, however. They are all wanting to connect with a dead relative. The neighborhood of HOME is special because it connects families with their deceased loved ones. People are so desperate to contact their lost family members, that they leave their regular homes behind to live on the lawns of HOME houses. 

I love ghost stories, and even more so ghost stories from Asian mythologies. There’s so many more layers to Asian stories than Western stories, and Ai Jiang gave us that and more with Linghun.

There’s so, so much to this story that makes it one of my new favorites. There’s love, there’s grief, there’s betrayal, there’s humor. I recommend Linghun to practically anyone who loves a story with layers.
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