6/23/2023 0 Comments Ghost Squad by Claribel A. OrtegaWhat I like about what it does have: the cultural background is interesting since it presents a reasonably familiar concept like being able to see ghosts but includes the specifically Dominican-Florida touches that make it unique. Ghost Squad is juvenile fiction (library placement, middle grade label in a bookstore maybe?) and it does things right, but because it’s a kids book it doesn’t develop some of the things that adult me would have really appreciated. I fine with tension and spooky and supernatural, but so much of what’s out there right now is too far into the brands of horror that I don’t much enjoy. Seannan McGuire’s Ghost Roads series comes close, but that’s only 2 (as of right now) books. So I’ve been wondering for a while why it seems to be that there can’t be ghost stories for grown-ups that don’t involve detailed often gory horror and/or a lot of unnecessary personal (self-inflicted at least partially most often) angst or troubles.
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