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A review by chnh
The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson
5.0
nostalgic, hopeful, relatable, imaginative, introspective.
i loved this book. the author had this way of making you feel like you’re a kid again and in the summer of the saturday night ghost club. the characters are so lovely you just want to hug them. you feel the childhood love jake experiences.
the connections made from the main characters childhood to his later career in neuroscience and also with the spooky element of brains was neat. the way the author tied the whole story together and put all the pieces together was so bittersweet and beautiful.
uncle calvin is perhaps the best of us. a good man, who endures the worst of what life has to offer.
this book touches on themes like childhood love, growing up, the power of childhood fear and those who entertain it, bullying, the magic of memories, and the nostalgia we feel for our hometowns.
a great read for gaining perspective, seeking to understand each other, and how we should protect those we love.
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“sometimes these stories we tell allow us to carry on. sometimes stories are the best we can hope for.”
“there was a bright lunacy in her eyes.”
“i figured some people have edges that don't allow them to slot neatly into the holes society expects them to fit into, that was all.”
“i’d believed that the lives unfurling behind those doors were much the same as my own. every boy and girl had good parents like my parents. every child went to bed with a full belly, in a warm bed, knowing they were loved. that was the life every child was supposed to have, wasn't it?”
“life was coming together for them, as it sometimes does for good people who make a point of being decent.”
“[he] loved [her] in a needful and elemental way, the way a flower loves the sun.”
i loved this book. the author had this way of making you feel like you’re a kid again and in the summer of the saturday night ghost club. the characters are so lovely you just want to hug them. you feel the childhood love jake experiences.
the connections made from the main characters childhood to his later career in neuroscience and also with the spooky element of brains was neat. the way the author tied the whole story together and put all the pieces together was so bittersweet and beautiful.
uncle calvin is perhaps the best of us. a good man, who endures the worst of what life has to offer.
this book touches on themes like childhood love, growing up, the power of childhood fear and those who entertain it, bullying, the magic of memories, and the nostalgia we feel for our hometowns.
a great read for gaining perspective, seeking to understand each other, and how we should protect those we love.
…
“sometimes these stories we tell allow us to carry on. sometimes stories are the best we can hope for.”
“there was a bright lunacy in her eyes.”
“i figured some people have edges that don't allow them to slot neatly into the holes society expects them to fit into, that was all.”
“i’d believed that the lives unfurling behind those doors were much the same as my own. every boy and girl had good parents like my parents. every child went to bed with a full belly, in a warm bed, knowing they were loved. that was the life every child was supposed to have, wasn't it?”
“life was coming together for them, as it sometimes does for good people who make a point of being decent.”
“[he] loved [her] in a needful and elemental way, the way a flower loves the sun.”