Loved itI'm sure there are so many things in this story that I missed because I've not read Ghost written or Cloud Atlas or Bone Clocks or all his other stories in this big grand connected universe he has. but man, what a fun ghost story.
Slade House (2015)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive "Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you'll find the entrance to Slade House: a surreal place where visitors see what they want to see, including some things that should be impossible. Every nine years, the house's residents--an odd brother and sister--extend a unique invitation to someone who's different or lonely: a precocious teenager, a divorced policeman, a shy college student. But what really goes on inside Slade House? For those who find out, it's already too late" --
- ISBN:
- 9780345810205
- Length:
- 254 pages
Genres: fantasy, mystery, thriller
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Loved itthis really exceeded my expectations I didn't really know anything about David Mitchell's writing style I didn't really know anything about the actual story of it there was something strange about the writing that just really resonated with me in such a way that it made me kind of feel nostalgic
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