Mickey reviewed The Haunting of Ashburn House by Darcy Coates
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3 stars
3/5
This book had a lot of promises but unfortunately did not deliver in a way that really worked for me. I was definitely expecting more of a ghost story, which was not quite accurate and a there was a bit of a strange twist. Had I known what the core paranormal piece was I’m not sure I would have picked it up.
The pacing as well was quite slow. We spend so much time doing mundane things around the house and not nearly enough exploring or learning about the house and it’s precious occupants. The creepy encounters were few and far between, though enjoyable when they finally came. It was not until almost the last quarter of the book that things finally picked up. The ending also had a rather large info dump that far too neatly explained away everything which just felt cheap.
Overall there were some good …
3/5
This book had a lot of promises but unfortunately did not deliver in a way that really worked for me. I was definitely expecting more of a ghost story, which was not quite accurate and a there was a bit of a strange twist. Had I known what the core paranormal piece was I’m not sure I would have picked it up.
The pacing as well was quite slow. We spend so much time doing mundane things around the house and not nearly enough exploring or learning about the house and it’s precious occupants. The creepy encounters were few and far between, though enjoyable when they finally came. It was not until almost the last quarter of the book that things finally picked up. The ending also had a rather large info dump that far too neatly explained away everything which just felt cheap.
Overall there were some good parts when strange and unexplainable things started to occur, but there were also a lot of uninteresting sections between them as well. It was an okay read but I wish there was more substance there and more of a mystery that unfolded rather than just being handed an explanation at the end.
