Customer Reviews

The Dead Room

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

Leslie, Matt, and Joe! Ahh! WHY? WHY? WHY? Ok did I say why enough? I just don't get it. Why bring Joe into the story if its going to end this way. Joe already lost so much for the story to end this way. I know bringing Genevieve in at the end is supose to vendicate what happened but I read this story because I thought that the hero and heroine concures all evil and live happily ever after, not heroine dies and goes off into the sunset with dead fiance, leaving behind someone that who could have been something in your life. I just did not know how to feel about the story as a whole when I got to the ending. I think that if I knew more about Matt, I would not have felt cheated. I think if Matt were more of a main character, and not just the ghost boyfriend protecting the heroine, I would have understood why the author went down this path. Also, I probably would have been all for love to concure all and Matt and Leslie ending up together as true love should. But from the beginning Leslie seems to be moving on, and moving in the direction of Joe. This is why it should not have ended the way it did. Joe could have been the "Ghost Whisperer" and the story could have been about him finding the killer and not about leading you to believe this was a story of Leslie and Joe. Sorry Im rambling! I just feel cheated somehow. I know I probably sound like a hater, but I do love Heather Graham.

I would not recommend this book to anyone, and I don't think I'll be reading any more of Graham's books. This book just seemed phoned in: weak character development, weak, not believable plot, way too much babbling dialogue and an ending that was lame and still left questions.

Spoiler alert:
The motivations of the villain are still a mystery to me: he blows up part of a historic building to kill our heroine, but succeeds instead in killing her husband and 4 innocent people. Okay, there's lots ways to kill someone, and making it look like an accident. But blowing up a building? Come on. And then he waits over a year to try to kill her again. His attempts are bumbling and clumsy. But this is the villain who had successfully kidnapped and murdered a bunch of women already. To make the whole thing worse, his reasons for wanting her dead so badly are unclear and not believable.

The other male lead is an overbearing man, who would have been appealing had his character been better developed. He doesn't sleep for days and days in his efforts to keep Leslie safe and Leslie herself makes so many stupid decisions that she deserved what happened to her in the end.

There are so many well written, captivating books out there. This is not one of them.

1/1 Story:
Typical Graham story, but with a shocking, yet wonderfully refreshing ending.

1/1 Characters:
The main characters were sufficiently compelling, but not phenominal.

0/1 Readability:
Usually fair writing, but occasionally a bit amatuer.

1/1 Representation:
Fitting title and accurate jacket synopsis.

1/1 Opinion:
Easily one of my favorite Heather Graham books. Follows her usual style, but there's something a little different about this one, and it's definitly an improvement.

This book is an amazing mystery that has ghost, kidnapping, murder, romance and mysteries of life. Leslie Macintyre is an anthropologist who can talk to ghost, even more so since her fiancé death. She is now working back in New York and staying in the same historical home where the explosion that killed her fiancé and three others. Leslie with the help of friends starts trying to unravel the mystery of her fiancé death and the missing positions and social worker. This book was intense and what an emotional roller coaster, but it's worth the ride.

I stopped reading Heather Graham books because I got tired of stupid women protagonists. I read Deadly Harvest and enjoyed it so I thought I would read this. Talk about dumb. She thinks someone is there and then gets hit over the head. Does she want medical attention? No. She cuts out . More incidents like this and she continues going it alone - too independent to take advice or pleas to be careful. In the end she gets what she deserves.

I have sort of mixed feelings about this book. It started out shaky for me -- the first time Leslie sat in a room and had a conversation with a ghost, I couldn't stop myself from rolling my eyes -- but eventually it grew on me. Since I have no problem reading books with vampires and werewolves and witches, it's a little strange to me that I would have that reaction about ghosts, but I think it's because those other types of characters can interact with everyone, and not just select people. Regardless, I did find myself pulled into this story and wondering just who was trying to kill Leslie, what happened to Genevieve and the other girls, and who was the real target, Matt or Leslie? I liked Joe a lot, even if his morals were a little over the top. Most of all, I have to give Graham some props for a completely unexpected and unconventional ending -- I wouldn't have expected it in a million years. That's nice.

The book opens with a shocker of a scene and ends with one too. I ate this book up and then re-read it a few months later because it was really good. A great mystery with a true love theme kind of flowing through it. You have to believe or be open to the idea of ghosts or you won't want to read this. Also helps if you are an archaeology geek (not that you have to be super smart...just interested in the subject)

I recently "discovered" Graham as an author this year and I love her books and stories. This one does not disappoint!

This is not your typical paranormal romance novel. Don't believe me? Wait until you read the refreshing, yet surprising ending. Does it have plenty of romantic elements? Of course it does. This is a Heather Graham novel after all, but I think this story would even appeal to those readers who would normally snub their noses at anything that has romance in the description.

This story has everything I look for in a great novel: Intrigue, suspense, quick pace, vivid descriptions (that don't drag the story to a crawl) and a strong character driven plot.

I found the book so captivating I lost track of time, and subsequently a fair amount of sleep. It's easy to immerse yourself in a world filled with such unforgettable characters.

I usually love Heather Graham's work but this left me with such a bad taste that I'm kind of scared to pick up another one by her. I felt after finishing read it that I just wasted 5 hours of my time for having read it in the first place. It was a great disappointment to a book that sounded so promising.