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DNF: A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitecomb

October 23rd, 2009 | Audio Book Review, Did Not Finish (DNF), Guest Review, Paranormal, Romance, U-W, YA Genre

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by First Mate Keira, guest reviewer

Title: Certain Slant of Light
Author: Laura Whitecomb
Narrator: Lauren Molina
Format: Unabridged Compact Discs
# CDs + Minutes: 7 CDs (8 hours, 32 minutes)
Grade Reading Level: Ages 14+

Summary: This book is about a 130 year old female ghost, her romance and whirlwind six days of feeling alive again. (The six days is a guess based on disc one information.) It all starts when Helen feels the eyes of a young very plain 17 year old boy watching her in Mr. Brown’s English class. Turns out the boy is a ghost also, but possesses human form. Overcoming Helen’s incorporeal nature is the first step to retaining their love.

Why I Started This Book:

Found this in the library and the back said it was a paranormal romance with a girl ghost and a young boy. My thought process was basically, “Ghost! Romance! Sweet!”

Why I Quit This Book:

The book is entirely too creepy. I quit pretty early. I finished disc one and decided that was quite enough of that. The bodysnatching is too… too… eerie. A ghost can take possession of a body if the true occupant leaves it; sort of like present in body but not in mind. James, the boy, got his body when the original user (a drug addict) left it, presumably by coma. James spends his first months in his new body recovering from drug addiction.

It’s also quite disturbing how Helen reports the afterlife. She’s done something bad or why would she be in the dark in spine-chilling hair-raising agony of pure cold? She literally has to climb hand over fist out of her cold ‘grave’ and attach herself to a person or host like a second shadow. I don’t know why, but I was expecting Casper the Friendly Ghost fun. This was not and I was too freaked out to start the second CD.

Buy: A Certain Slant of Light (paperback)

Book Rating: DNF (Did Not Finish)

Keira runs a book review blog for readers by readers on romance novels entitled Love Romance Passion. She’s been reading romance since she was in her teens and began blogging about romance so she could share her passion for her favorite genre. She loves reading paranormal, Regency, historical America, and highlander most of all and completely adores blind and wounded heroes.

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3 comments ↓

#1 Kay on 10.28.09 at 3:55 am

I’m sorry it didn’t work for you — to me it was a pretty cool book; creepy indeed at times but with a very satisfying ending.

The premise is quite interesting too, as the author has chosen the perhaps less beaten path of making Hell a place in one’s mind; Helen was not actually in Hell, she was just experiencing her idea of it because she thought she deserved it after something bad that happened in the past (she doesn’t remember what, she simply knows it was bad and so she deserves being in Hell). If that makes any sense.

I was a bit put-off by the body-snatching too (especially one particular scene later on), but on the whole I do recommend it. But, of course, in the end it’s all a matter of tastes :)

#2 First Mate Keira on 10.28.09 at 1:06 pm

Thank you for sharing your impressions of the book! What was your favorite part?

As for me I don’t usually go for creepy. I’m more inclined to enjoy a fun fantasy or comedy or romance.

#3 Kay on 10.29.09 at 7:15 am

Yay for fantasies! I love fantasy/comedy/romance too :) Plus I am not usually into creepy stories either, but this was warmly recommended to me and it was perfect for the RIP challenge too, that’s why I read it (and now I’m actually glad I did).

My favorite part was the ending (which unfortunately I cannot post here so as not to spoil it for the other visitors). Let’s just say it’s somewhat predictable but quite good.

If you’re interested in more of my thoughts on the book here’s the link to my review http://www.kaysbookshelf.com/2009/09/a-certain-slant-of-light-by-laura-whitcomb/ (and feel free to remove it afterwards ’cause I really don’t wanna be considered a spammer or anything; it’s just that I think there are more details there than I could fit in this little boxy :) ).

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