The
threshold between worlds is the focus of this installment
of the Ghost Finders series with some horifying monsters trying
to do terrible things to our world. At first it looks like
the terifying monsters might win since the ghost finders are
visited by dead versions of themselves from the future, who
tell them how badly they messed up the job. As with the other
books in this series, this one is a love/hate book for me.
I love the team themselves and the very different sorts of
personalities involved. I love the Carnacki Institute and
the mysterious woman in charge of it. I love the premise.
I like that Green enjoys throwing in a good snarky quip now
and then (though it would be nice if it wasn't the same quips
repeated over and over in every book). Also, the Ghost Finders
always seem to spend a lot of time (really, A LOT of time)
saying they're going to do something about a situation while
pretty much standing around and not doing anything -- and
the "stand around" part seemed especially long in
this book. Then when they do get started, they tend to accomplish
the task and defeat the bad'uns with astonishing ease. I liked
the whole idea of a haunting from the future, but it would
have been nice if the clues offered by the future selves had
ANY bearing on what the ghost finders actually needed to do.
Instead, the plot felt a little haphazard, but that did stop
the scary parts from being scary. All in all, a series I enjoy
hugely despite an occasional eye rolling over the flaws.
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