"Was it terror, or was it love? It would be a long time before Ann LeSage could decide. For most of her life, the two feelings were so similar as to be indistinguishable."It was easy to mix them up."These are the first two paragraphs of this novel. These are also two paragraphs that are often quoted in reviews of this book. These two paragraphs sum up all that is yet to come in this strange, eerie novel of ghosts and growing up.The novel follows Ann, a woman who is entering an odd marriage of co...

What a lyrically poetic, terrifying but contemplative novel. This is a well-written romp through some pretty awful territory. If you are a fan of excellent horror, pick this one up.

This is a well written book that kept the final explanation of what was actually happening hidden until the end of the book, building towards it all the way through. It did not have the ancient horror like Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness but had a lurking hint of fear all the way through, almost a shadow moving at the edge of your sight, a barely heard sound, a rustling, a turned page. VERY effective.The Kindle edition that I read had MANY formatting issues always at the end of a paragra...

Outstanding horror novel that moves from the curious to the horrific. Has some minor holes, but by and large one of the better boks I've read this year.

Well that was interesting...

A review I read said "I feel Stephen King in the gut, Lovecraft in my soul and Clive Barker in my dreams. But David Nickle, I feel him in my mind." This is the kind of horror that makes me think, rather than dread. I expected to get the heebyjeebies reading this at night, or to be squicked out reading it in public, and I didn't get any of that - there's no part of me that can even entertain believing in poltergeists, so that aspect didn't get under my skin at all. Instead I'm left contemplating

I'm not as big a fan as some.I suggest you read the review by Karen who seemed to be much happier with it than me.I'm with all the other folks who got lost in the second half. Perhaps travelling and not being able read it right though, perhaps my senility, perhaps my problems with getting symbolism/allegory, perhaps my problem with 'ghost' stories in general, but I never could figure out what was happening and why as the story rushed to the ending. I'm not sure I got.If this books sounds like it...

I feel Stephen King in the gut, Lovecraft in my soul and Clive Barker in my dreams. But David Nickle, I feel him in my mind. The others strike terror into me when I'm alone, at night, in a dark place. They invoke the horror of the other, of the monsters we fear may actually exist somewhere. But after reading Nickle I feel terrified in crowds, in the light of day. His horror is not the horror of monsters -- it is the horror of humanity. The monsters are us.

Book Info: Genre: Dark fantasyReading Level: AdultRecommended for: Fans of dark fantasy, strange ghost storiesTrigger Warnings: killing, murder, possible child molestation, spectral rapeMy Thoughts: This is a very strange book. I'm not sure how to take it, actually, but it left me profoundly unsettled. The question or who or what the Insect is remains unanswered—was Ann just a profoundly disturbed individual, or was there another entity involved in everything that happened? What truth was there

A novel idea, but I found it too hard to suspend disbelief. I was curious enough to want to keep reading just to find out what was going on, and I found it reasonably suspenseful at times. Also, it brought back vividly my days of playing D&D and DMing during my college years. The end seemed too abrupt and I found it unsatisfying. I'd guess it would make a decent beach book.

Was it terror, or was it love? It would be a long time before Ann LeSage could decide. For most of her life, the two feelings were so similar as to be indistinguishable. It was easy to mix them up.now that is how you open a book. those are the kind of lines my beloved jonathan carroll tends to open with, and while the opening chapter reminded me of carroll, with its date night whimsically impinged-upon by the supernatural, at some point this changes and becomes a much darker tale than he would w...

The other day somebody told me about a woman with a kink for fences. It wasn't clear whether this included any old fence, or if she had a predilection for wooden fences, or barbed-wire ones, or perhaps it was chain-link fences. Anyway, this prompted me to do some research (by which I mean Googling) and apparently there are some 500 paraphilias listed, love of fences not included. (Oh, and paraphilia, for those of you not knowledgeable about sexual deviations, means getting off on weird stuff.) A...

http://www.mybookishways.com/2014/02/...When The ‘Geisters opens, Ann LeSage is on her first date with the young, handsome lawyer, Michael Voors, but something starts to go wrong. She feels The Insect emerge (and Michael even witnesses its handiwork) and attempts to contain it by calling a friend and mentor that has helped her through this many times before. In her mind, she visualizes the tower that should contain The Insect, and eventually things quiet down, but it’s not over, not by a longsho...

There really needs to be a way to set the start date on a book... I don't always go to Goodreads the second I open a new book.Anyway, this was quite an enjoyable book. Not scary, though it was quite creepy in parts. And it was the characters who were creepy, more than the supernatural goings-on, which is how I like it.

This had to be one of the most original stories I have read. Poltergeists are nothing new in story or film but the tale David Nickle creates from the idea of possession, desire and control is fresh out of the box. I was mesmerized. Every time I thought I knew where the story line was going, the door slammed shut and a new door opened. It is a thrilling, sensual and terrifying book. I like to be surprised and entertained and sometimes, like the 'geisters, I like to be terrified. David Nickle does...

This was a great read and unsettling. I would say not your typical horror/ghost story.

While I like the premise of the book, I found it confusing with the back and forth between the past and the present. Mind you I get it, but having to go back and reread several times between page spacing and chapters to figure out what was going on made the flow of the book very choppy. I think it could have been set up better. Once I got the gist of the plot, I did find it interesting, but even at the very end the story left me going huh? and that wasn't in a good way. I'd probably have to rere...

At the beginning of a story, a good mystery can be used to pull the reader along. But a good mystery must have a good conclusion, or the reader will just be left feeling duped. That, unfortunately, is the feeling I was left with after reading ‘Geisters. A compelling story of a young woman who grew up trying to overcome the devastating effects of living with a poltergeist, the thrust of the story soon begins to wander. With the number of questions that pile up, and are seemingly left unanswered,

The 'Geisters takes a while to get going, but once it does the combination of an original approach and a compelling story makes for a book I couldn't put down.It took getting about halfway into the pages of The 'Geisters for it to really capture my imagination. Up until that point, there's a lot of establishment - setting up the characters and the idea of a ghost haunting a person rather than a place. In ways, I found myself reminded of the recent game Beyond: Two Souls, with the concept of a be...

Fascinating book, with an interesting premise. I wasn't entirely sure I understood the end, but I might read it again some day to see if I can get a better handle on it.