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2.0 out of 5 stars
Worst in series, July 17, 2010
This review is from: Ghouls Gone Wild (Ghost Hunter Mysteries, No. 4) (Mass Market Paperback)
I usually like Victoria Laurie's books and was really looking forward to reading this one. Unfortunately it turned out to be a major disappointment. It was pretty violent, which isn't typically a big deal for me, except her books are not usually like that so it came as a bit of a surprise. The dialogue at times was pretty juvenile. I started to get really tired of the word spooks. I also felt the characters really lacked in this book as well. Gilley's constant whining and melodramatics were a bit much. I found myself becoming more and more irritated with his character. His unrelenting terror of the paranormal continually makes you wonder why he even works for MJ in the first place. I liked Heath in her other book, but in this one I found him somewhat sleazy. I understand that Ms. Laurie is trying to incorporate some sort of love triangle, but MJ does in fact have a boyfriend and it seemed to me that Heath didn't respect that. It was a turn off. I even found myself disliking MJ herself. She went from a very strong female persona to kind of a mega b***h. She was snapping and lashing out at people throughout the entire book. She came off as selfish and arrogant. Everything had to focus on her. Even Heath's grandfathers spirit talked to her instead of his own grandson! That really didn't make a lot of sense to me. I also didn't care for the fact that her relationship with Steven was so non-existant in this book. I found that kind of odd. I think they spoke on the phone once the entire time she was in Scotland. If you are going to create a love triangle, it helps to include all people so you can actually get a feel for the character being torn in two. Once she landed in Scotland, she seemed to forget all about her boyfriend and since Steven was not there to give her direct attention, MJ immediately looked to Heath for that. It made her seem fickle. I had a hard time even finishing this book which is surprising because I usually can't get enough of Victoria's books. I'm hoping the next will be better and the characters will be a little more believable and little less self indulged.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Hard time finishing, October 13, 2010
This review is from: Ghouls Gone Wild (Ghost Hunter Mysteries, No. 4) (Mass Market Paperback)
I listened to the Audio Download. The narrator, Eileen Stevens is really good. I just had a hard time finishing it. Something was missing...I missed Steven. He had become part of the group and he wasn't in this one, except for the last 30 seconds. I was disapointed in MJ for being wishy washy and had a hard time not calling her names when she was going gaa-gaa over Heath.
The story was good, but not as good as Ghouls Just Haunt To Have Fun. Gilley whines way to much though and it's getting old.
If the character Steven is not going to be in the books, I won't buy another one.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not so wild about this one..., March 23, 2010
This review is from: Ghouls Gone Wild (Ghost Hunter Mysteries, No. 4) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the fourth book in the Ghost Hunter series featuring M.J. Holliday and her sidekick M.J. Gilley.
Halliday and Gilley have signed up to do a reality show on ghost hunting. In Ghouls Gone Wild, Halliday and Gilley along with Heath Whitefeather, another strong psychic go to Scotland to check out the caves near Edinburgh which have long been known to have strong supernatural happenings.
Ghouls Gone Wild was pretty violent and wasn't a gentle read. The mystery was interesting and Laurie executed it well. My biggest issue with Laurie's books has to do with dialogue and words she uses. For instance in this one there is a scene where she yells "Holy Freakballs." There is another scene with a pug dog that she lapses into baby talk. That said, I thought that this book was written far better in terms of dialogue and word usage than most of her other books. Although like another reviewer I wish she would not stereotype Gilley so badly as a gay person. His whining and cowardly approach to ghost hunting is getting a little old. I am looking forward to her next book and am hoping her dialogue will continue to improve and leave out overdone dialogue and cute stuff.
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