Ronald G.

Very 13 Ghosts Vibe!

Revisado: 04-30-24

This story is 13 Ghosts meets Jurassic Park. It's a solid story with potential to be expanded into a series revealing more backstory of the origins of the ghosts and the characters involved. It's very visual and would translate well to other mediums.

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Good start for a possible series?

Revisado: 01-08-20

In its most simplistic core element, this is a story about a girl in an abusive relationship. Remove the fantasy and horror elements and what you have is a suspenseful psychological thriller that's worthy of a Lifetime movie.

This is the debut novel of an up and coming writer, and as a debut novel, it's decent. It seems largely inspired from Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" in which the main character transforms into a cockroach. However, our titular character, Rose, is turning into something akin to her namesake - a rose plant. Whereas Kafka's Gregor is aware of his transformation, Rose is not. She wakes up after the fact with amnesia. The story is about the aftermath and solving the mystery of why and how she became this way. The story works on many levels because Rose could be "any girl". Because she has no memory and only a partially explained past history, she could be any body. The antihero of the story, Rose's savor, Paris Kuyper, is hiding a darker secret and the reader doesn't know from the beginning if Paris is on the level or if he's not to be trusted. Admittedly, Paris' character is decidedly two-dimensional, but it justifies Rose's behavior toward him.

As the story progresses, the reader discovers that there is more going on than meets the eye. Without going into specific details and giving away spoilers, I feel that these details hint at a much larger story that's waiting to be told. The readeris left with many questions where the answers could be left to the reader's imagination, or quite possibly explained in a future sequel to the book. I believe I would prefer the latter. I would like to see the adventures of Rose continue in new directions and explore the mythos that Mr. Ungar has created here. Since I enjoyed this novel, I know that I would be very likely to purchase a sequel to it, if one is ever released.

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Paradox unbound

Revisado: 03-08-18

This is the kind of story that left me with the profound sense of satisfaction after having listened to a great story juxtaposed by a sense of sadness that it has to be over. The only thing that kept me from giving it a full five stars is that it never explains what it was Eli dug up at the Fork In the Road. I assume it was Porter's favor but its never explained. There is a lot that isn't explained but that just leaves it open for another story.

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