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The story centers on a family (literally) haunted by a dead family member. This was my first novel by Saul, and given that what stopped me reading was the clunky style, above all, I imagine it will be my last. I hated Saul's way with point of view. A true, good omniscient point of view needs a strong voice and masterful style, or it comes across as just sloppy head-hopping, which is what we have here, as well as frequent rhetorical questions and other cheesy flourishes and melodramatic prose. Th
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Tales about ghosts are one of my favorites. Nightshade, however, leaves you wondering. Is this a ghost story, or a tale about a woman who went mad? I did have some issues with this book. Matthew Moore, for instance. I don't think his mother could have enrolled him in school without a birth certificate or some sort of identification. Also, how could Emily not have known that Cynthia was dead? Or did she? That wasn't clear. I'm not going to list everything that made me raise an eyebrow because ove
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