Sarah Joint's Reviews > The Ghost Notebooks

If you're in the mood for something light-hearted about love and ghosts, put this one down and seek something else, come back to it later. From the synopsis, I expected it to be dark but it was even darker. It'll make you think and come back to haunt you later on if you give it a proper chance, the kind of book that sinks into you over time. I finished it four days ago but was completely unsure how to write a review at first.

Nick and Hannah are in a rut. They've been together for a long time without getting engaged, and they seem to be drifting apart. Nick has been putting off proposing, but when he gets a glimpse of life without Hannah... he realizes it's time to commit. An opportunity for a drastic life change presents itself. After losing her job, Hannah has been offered a new one as a caretaker for a historical museum: the Wright Historic House, so named for a philosopher from the nineteenth century.

A museum practically in the middle of nowhere with no internet and few visitors, their new lives couldn't be more different than their old ones in New York City. At first, they thrive. With only each other for entertainment, they become closer. Sadly, it doesn't last. As the weather turns cooler, Hannah starts to drift away. She's barely sleeping and hearing things at night. And then she vanishes.

Truly a story of love, ghosts, and madness, as stated in the synopsis. It has light moments early on, but is overwhelmingly bleak in general. It is an odd sort of story, a bit confusing at times, but all comes together in the end and it's very well-written. It's very raw and will make you think. It won't be for everyone, but it was for me. 4.5 out of 5, rounded up.

I received a copy of this book from Net Galley and Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, thank you! My review is honest and unbiased.