On her suggestion that it would be scary, laugh out loud funny at times, and that John Green is friends with Maureen Johnson, I gave it a try.
Recommendation for the win! And my first Maureen Johnson book!
Originality: 9. Definitely not what I was expecting and kept you guessing... except for the fact that I kept whispering to myself "I see dead people....."
Absurdity: 7, but that it hard to escape in a story of a murdering, vengeful ghost being tracked by high school kids/
Level of
Level of Harry-Potterness: A well written book!! Outside of plot, this was refreshing. And the story? LIKED: creepy, funny, twists and turns, and interesting characters and setting.
As long as you can stomach some gory details, go get on it. Nothing says summer like serial killers...(?)
I've had this book sitting on my shelf for ages. I'm taking this as a sign to finally read it. I love creepy and making out in libraries (did I just admit that...)!
ReplyDeleteI've never read anything by Maureen Johnson other than her twitter feed (which is completely CRAY!) and ever since then, I've been itching to get my hands on one of her books. I'm not so big into the lovey dovey stuff but serial killers, well, that I can do. I will definitely be adding this one to the TBR pile, for sure!
ReplyDeleteAh yes, I LOVE Maureen Johnson. If you're into happy contemporary times I LOVED Suite Scarlet. I need to read the sequel. I've had to way too long.
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