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Backtrack (2015)

6.0 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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Peter Bower is a Psychiatrist who discovers all of his clients are ghosts that died in a train...

They Stay (They Stay #1)

Claire Fraise

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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For fans of Stranger Things comes a suspenseful YA mystery about a missing kid, a girl who can see...

Supernatural Mystery Young Adult Thriller

Aurora (9 KP) rated The Keeper Of Lost Things in Books

Nov 7, 2018

The Keeper Of Lost Things

Ruth Hogan | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

7.8

(18 Ratings)

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Heartwarming (3 more)

Interwoven storylines

Emotional

Flawed, but lovable characters

Unnecessary ghosts (0 more)

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The Keeper of Lost Things intrigued me from the very start. I absolutely love interweaving storylines and the sense of mystery the author instills in everyday objects. The characters, even the most minor ones, are very well-written and flawed in really believable ways. I was impressed by the different struggles that characters had, as well as how relatable the author made their pain. The reader can really feel the despair of grief, pain of watching family members age, and awkwardness of a date gone horribly wrong. What disappointed me, however, was that this poignant realism was often followed by fairly generic ghost-story spirit antics. In my opinion, the author could have stopped with Sunshine's unique empathetic abilities and left out the angry ghosts to keep from going a step too far. Still, I was engrossed in this book and do recommend it, particularly to those who enjoy a bit of the supernatural.

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Charlie (37 KP) rated The Haunting of Hill House in TV

Oct 16, 2019

Good, dislikable characters (1 more)

So fun to try and spot the background ghosts

The ending was a bit weak. (1 more)

The dad's contact lenses

Tense and has lots of Easter eggs.

I haven't read the book, so sadly I can't compare (though I'm just going to assume the book is better.)

The show is less about scaring you with cheap jumpscares and more a character analysis and what their fears look like, what their own ghosts look like.
It's slow and patient, showing each characters best and worst qualities, making them dislikable in a very good way. Plus the great acting helps you construct your own opinion on each family member.

There are some things I didn't enjoy so much, the ending didn't feel the same as the rest of the show and the fact the younger version of the dad has really, really bad contact lenses threw me off Every time he was on scenes.