The ongoing philosophical argument between Florence and Barrett was one of the parts I really enjoyed, partly because it wasn't yet another round of 'do supernatural phenomena exist????' and partly because they care so much about this distinction that I have just never thought or cared about at all. It was like there was this academic debate going on in the middle of my horror novel, and it was fun!
OTOH, since I had no investment in that argument, the end of the third act fell flat for me too. I absolutely did not care whether Belasco was working in concert, or was a puppeteer of other ghosts, or whether it was all just him. And it does seem like Matheson really did expect me to care? It makes up so much of the final ~suspense!
Fischer was my absolute favorite. Middle-aged guy traumatized by past experiences and hiding it badly, give it to meee.
So did you read this because of the Yuletide request and/or because scioscribe was rereading it for the Yuletide request? When you first mentioned reading it I was like wow, what a weird coincidence, but it seems like maybe we were all just inspired by the same thing, because I too put it at the top of my to-read pile with the intention of treating. 😂
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Date: 2021-01-03 06:40 pm (UTC)OTOH, since I had no investment in that argument, the end of the third act fell flat for me too. I absolutely did not care whether Belasco was working in concert, or was a puppeteer of other ghosts, or whether it was all just him. And it does seem like Matheson really did expect me to care? It makes up so much of the final ~suspense!
Fischer was my absolute favorite. Middle-aged guy traumatized by past experiences and hiding it badly, give it to meee.
So did you read this because of the Yuletide request and/or because scioscribe was rereading it for the Yuletide request? When you first mentioned reading it I was like wow, what a weird coincidence, but it seems like maybe we were all just inspired by the same thing, because I too put it at the top of my to-read pile with the intention of treating. 😂