The Saturday Night Ghost Club
Ratings64
Average rating3.9
It was really good but just ended up being super sad??? I loved all of the characters and I wish the book was a little longer. Overall, it was just so charming and the story was so unique (along with the big TWIMST) and I really enjoyed it
This was such a quick read I was surprised by how emotionally resonant it was. Masquerading as a group of misfit kids chasing down old town ghost stories, there's actually a much deeper, more tender plot at the heart. Very very sweet and sad.
3.5/5 this took a while to intrigue me but the last half to me was definitely stronger than the beginning and it wasn't what i expected but i did like it overall
Rating: 3.54 leaves out of 5-Characters: 4.5/5 -Cover: 5/5-Story: 2.75/5-Writing: 4/5Genre: Coming of Age, Mystery, Horror-Horror: 1.5/5-Mystery: 3/5-Coming of Age: 4/5Type: EbookWorth?: YeahHated Disliked Meh It Was Okay Liked Loved FavoritedAhhh this whole book was a vibe. I did rate it low in the story part because I struggled wanting to read it for the story. Don't get me wrong the story is good just not... great. BUT LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE QUOTES! The stuff you could quote in this book was perfect. It just hits you. As for the story, it was a good coming of age story and it hits on very heartbreaking points. I just really couldn't connect like I wanted to.
This book started out slow but builds to something wonderful. It was creepy and thoughtful and full of the coming-of-age tropes that I adore. The writing is beautifully descriptive and some passages, particularly toward the end, are ones that you want to reread instantly. I ended up being being entertained and moved. A great little novel.
Deeply emotional and warm coming of age 80s period piece. Bits of Boys' Life and Hearts in Atlantis (King is namechecked in the acknowledgements).
Hit my feelings the right way. Perfect summer read.
This was cute, although I'm not sure that's what Davidson was going for. It's a little Stand By Me, a little Goonies, maybe some of The Wonder Years. It feels nostalgic and atmospheric.The Saturday Night Ghost Club is about The Saturday Night Ghost Club, which consists of a loose group of characters who meet on (you guessed it) Saturday nights to visit a local spooky site. Jake and his Uncle C are mainstays, but they both bring along friends. Davidson uses these meetings to do some exploration of memory and death. The plot was predictable, and I found a lot of the commentary trite. The ending felt rushed. I had a similar reading experience with [b:Harry's Trees 36540759 Harry's Trees Jon Cohen https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1509906064l/36540759.SY75.jpg 58269985]. Both are whimsical—but at times sad—books about how kids and adults process loss. Nothing particularly wrong with either, just certainly not life-changing. It's a good book to pick up around this time of year. It's not beachy, but it's definitely summery. And the cover is great.
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I felt this book focused too much on the manic pixie dream girl cliche which is especially problematic when used in conjunction with the “damaged first nations” girl trope. I would expect better from a Canadian on how to represent first nations in literature. I don't expect it to be perfect but I expect it to at least try and avoid the damaging stereotypes. The book dragged on for me. The first half was a struggle to get through. The writing is beautiful but the story was too slow paced for me. This is entirely preference based and does not speak poorly about the book itself as I know some people like a sleepy small-ish town story. It just wasn't for me. I was hoping for a little more ghost story of the literal kind and less of a ghost story metaphorically. I wanted to give this a two star but I changed it to three because the last half took an interesting turn.