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The Ghost Notebooks by Ben Dolnick
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did not like it

"Your own life is terrifying, but life is an unending astonishment."

I wanted to love this one - I did. But it's a very quiet book - an in-depth look at a relationship as a couple moves from New York City to the country to take care of an old house turned museum. I was ready for a ghost story but it has very little suspense or ghost or haunting. For such a short book, I was almost 150 pages in before anything really happened other than the couple moving and starting to work for the museum. Sure, there are a few bumps in the night but there are other possible reasons for it and the MC is a bit...distracted? He's an odd POV to have since he catches little, cares little and stays pretty much in his head. Meh. I wish I'd loved this more but I just couldn't get interested in the story.
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Reading Progress

February 19, 2019 – Shelved as: to-read
February 19, 2019 – Shelved
March 25, 2019 – Started Reading
March 28, 2019 – Finished Reading

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