Northern Gothic: A Novella
by Nick Mamatas
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Author: Nick MamatasEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-11-15
ISBN: 1887128743
Number of pages: 90
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
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Summary: 3 Stars
Northern Gothic is a good example. In many ways.
It's a good example of an interesting ghost story where the author actually has managed to create something that indeed does feel like a, more or less, unique angle of approach. The ghost genre is not what you'd want to call an easy genre to work with, and really, how many reasons can you come up with for having ghosts return to haunt the living? Not very many. Yet Mamatas has come up with a story that definitely feels quite fascinating.
Still, it's also a good example of a ghost story where reason(s) for the appearance of the ghosts feels somewhat unclear, even thought the whole thing remains - as mentioned above - very fascinating.
It's a good example of a story that's not very easy to understand, yet still manages to be attractive enough for the reader to keep reading. Even though one doesn't really know what's going on. One of the most boring things you can ever do in the world is reading a book you don't understand, but sometimes you find this book that you insist on keep reading, despite the fact that you don't know who's who, what's what, and why whatever is happening happens. The story in Northern Gothic is strange, to say the least, but will you be able to stop reading? I doubt it.
It's also a good example of a book with a title that remains a complete mystery.
And finally, it's a good example of a book that unfortunately ends just when you're beginning to understand it.
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