Haunted Ontario 4: Ghostly Estates, Museums, and Other Sightings, by Terry Boyle

Haunted Ontario 4: Ghostly Estates, Museums, and Other Sightings by Terry Boyle
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I usually love books about ghosts and hauntings, but I had a real hard time getting through this book. It felt really choppy to me, and frankly, boring. It actually felt like I was back in journalism school and had half an article edited out for space. It was obvious something was missing by the way it read, but it's sort of readable. It truly surprised me, because it's book 4 in a series, yet it reads like a self-published first book.

For me, a book about ghosts has to have a great story teller, because that's what they are, a story teller, keeping the reader on the edge of their seat. These anecdotes feel grating and stilted, and well, weird. For example, this sentence in the Emma's Back Porch bit just bugs the snot out of me, "They delighted to take it as an omen of prosperity." Huh??

I can honestly say, had I not agreed to review this book, it would have ended up on my Unfinished shelf on Goodreads.

*I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*

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