Carnacki, The Ghost Finder
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781406905748 (1406905747)
Publish date: 2006
Publisher: Hard Press
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
The first story was enjoyable, but the rest of the collection (which included six short stories) were simply more of the same thing: same structure, same approaches by the "ghost hunter," same less than suspenseful scenarios. I picked this title to read because I've read Hodgson's more well known wo...
I read "The Invisible Thing", a short story in this collection, years ago, enjoyed it, and became interested in Carnacki. After re-reading "The Invisible Thing" and reading the other 8 short stories in this collection, I have to say that I have an overall feeling of disappointment. While "The Invisi...
Two out of five good stories isn't terrible...
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Starting off strong, I was struck by the effectiveness of Hodgson's writing. He tells a good ghost story, if not as subtle and gradual a build up as M.R. James, they are more tense and frightening, the supernatural forces (indeed, when they were supernatural) more malignant.But after a while the fo...
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