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The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick (DNF Review) 

So, you added The Ghosts of Heaven to your DNF pile. How much of it did you read - did you really give it a chance?
I did! I read the first three stories, which took me to page 265!

What made you pick up it in the first place? Were you looking forward to it or did it just pop up by chance?
I love the theme of interlocking stories. Stories/people that have nothing in common, in this case they live hundreds or thousands of years apart, but these spirals all connect them in some way. I found the synopsis to be extremely intriguing and knew immediately I wanted to read it.

Did you have certain expectations for the book before starting it? Have you read anything else by this author or in this genre?
I haven't read anything by Marcus before and I wasn't expecting anything one way or another. I did read a review or two a few weeks before starting this one and both reviewers raved about it. Every point they made caused me to be more excited to start this book - it'd be a lie to say that I'm not disappointed that I did not like it.

Was there anything you liked about the book? What ultimately made you stop reading at page 265?
I absolutely loved - loved! - the first two quarters: "Whispers in the Dark" and "The Witch in the Water." "Whispers in the Dark" is a beautiful story and I couldn't get over how much I did like it. Set in prehistoric times and told in verse, this quarter's narrative really put me in this young girl's head. The third person narrative really allowed me to feel like I was in the "cave girl's" head as she struggled to survive. "The Witch in the Water," told during the witch hysteria in 1500s England is my favorite of the bunch. It's a horrifying story of townspeople turning on one of their own through the prodding of a priest and how his suggestions bring about destruction of a peaceful village.

It was during "The Easiest Room in Hell" that I was losing interest. I don't know if the story itself just didn't appeal to me or what, but I struggled to finish it. By the time I did and was going to start "The Song of Destiny," I just didn't have the oomph to do so.

Would you still recommend it to anyone?
My answer to this is always yes - especially since I enjoyed the first two quarters so much. This book comes highly recommend by fellow bloggers/reviewers whom I know and trust. My word is not the end all be all when it comes to a good book or a bad book. That's for you to judge. Posted by Andrea Bookish at 8:00 AM Labels: Andrea, Book Review, DNF Review, Realistic Fiction

