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Book Review of The Mercy of Thin Air

The Mercy of Thin Air
BethC avatar reviewed A Lovely Ghost Story on + 17 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5


There are a number of books using a similar premise...a story told through the eyes of a person who has died, but this one is particularly well done. For one thing, the author uses language to invoke both the past (the 1920's) the present time. For another, the love stories in both eras are both compelling with quirky and memorable characters and parellel each other to some degree. Finally, the "rules" for what ghosts can and cannot do are interesting and imaginative. I listened to the audio tape on a recent trip and found it entertaining and "haunting".