A Certain Slant of Light
by Laura Whitcomb
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Author: Laura WhitcombEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-09-21
ISBN: 061858532X
Number of pages: 282
Publisher: Graphia
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Book Review: A Certain Slant Of Light
Summary: 4 Stars
Ghost story. What comes to mind? Hauntings? Possessions? Some crazy death and they're a ghost? Yes, naturally. But Laura Whitcomb puts a crazy new twist into the meaning of ghost. In "A Certain Slant Of Light", you're probably thinking: What is that? But in fact it is probably one of the best breakthroughs of the supernatural ever.
Helen is a ghost. And in order to keep from returning to her icy death, she must have a host. Not like a host to possess, but a host to merely cling to and follow. But after 130 years of doing this, something is wrong in her newest hosts class one day. She's being watched. Human eyes can see her. James is a ghost too. But he has come to possess an empty body, a body that the soul has left but it still lives. In this amazing novel you will not be able to put down, you read about the love between Helen and James and how they begin to learn about their past and about the teenagers they possess.
In my opinion, this is an amazing book. I was on a camping trip and I still couldn't put this book down. It's just a completely different perspective of ghosts. Laura Whitcomb has an amazing imagination and way of writing. This book has an age rating of 14 and up. That is the age I would suggest as well for a couple of reasons.
One: The language in this book does in fact go so far as the big "F" bomb, as I would say. Now, hopefully you are mature enough to read the book without problems. Maybe the language isn't appropriate, but the book isn't intending for very young readers. Maybe even the language can add to the story, because it helped me realize the status of the situations. It didn't bother very much.
Two: The sexual content in explicit. Once again hopefully you are mature enough to read this for it not to bother you. The descriptions in these scenes are in depth and I would not recommend it to be read if you can't handle that. Yes, it can be inappropriate, but it is a love story as well. It happens.
So my overall ration is 10 out of 10 because of the uniqueness of the book. You will not come across a book like this ever. It puts a whole new genre and meaning in the subject of ghost story...
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