A quote from Ghost Story

[nialla42]

I finished Ghost Story this weekend (got the copy over a week late!), and I'm still not sure if I've processed it enough to comment about the contents yet. Packed full of interesting stuff. For now, a quote that amused me:

Comments

[ldyanne]

I think I felt the limitations of the single voice POV this time. I wanted so much more from this book. I wanted to know so much more about what had been happening with the other characters this time - Murphy, Thomas, Molly. It was so frustrating being stuck with Harry (as much as I love him) and the ghosts.

[iloveatlantis]

I felt the limitation of the point of view used this time, too. Things had changed too much with too many characters. Harry came back into a very different world as a spirit, and I really wanted to know more about what had happened during the time he was gone.

[nialla42]

I feel the need for the next series of short stories to be told from non-Harry POV, filling in the gaps until the next book.

We've got precedent in the previous short stories, with ones told from the POV of Thomas (Backup), Marcone (Even Hand, Dark and Stormy Knights), and Murphy (Aftermath, Side Jobs), so I don't see why this couldn't work as a way to work in more details of what's happening in Chicago without relying on Harry to narrate.

I would totally read a book with dual narration from Butters and Bob, the new dynamic duo. ;)

[ldyanne]

I would so totally read that book, too. Oh, yeah, I would love to have a lot of short stories that told how everything go to the place it did where Harry found it. I felt like we missed out on so much story being limited to Harry's POV this time.

[nialla42]

I could definitely see short stories in the near future being done from other POVs. I just don't think it would work to do one from the NeverNever before we're "officially" there. Though I guess we could do flashback-style stories from Harry's POV.

I think someone's going to figure out what's happened and lead a rescue attempt. I know a lot of people will be romantics and expect it to be Murphy, but I'd honestly like it to be Thomas.

I could picture Thomas finding out through the grapevine and doing a Harry-style rescue attempt. I think I would pay bonus money to see Thomas ask Ebenezer for help or vice versa. That's another family aspect that's not really been explored. Harry's weakness is family or those who he perceives as such, but it's also a great strength.

[ldyanne]

I kept reading wondering where Thomas was, why wasn't he part of the Justice League. I'd never thought before that Thomas would be Ebenezer's grandson, too. You're right, Thomas would do whatever he needed to do to rescue his brother.

Oh, I *want* to read that book.

[nialla42]

Hmmm... if only Jim was going to be at a con I could attend anytime soon, so I could put this idea into his brain. ;)