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Ghost Child (2009)

by Caroline Overington(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Bantam

review 1: Caroline Overington's writing style is really easy to read. Again she's written chapter by chapter from different characters' perspectives. She nails the voices of various Aussies - the cop, the foster carer, the underprivileged and abused. I enjoyed the voice of the police officer, very salt of the earth, and also I think she captures the essence of the 1980's as well. It just all sounds real. The way she writes m, you seem to just fall into the peoples minds and I think it really works. I do recommend this, and am looking forward to another. As always, quite dark themes though. I get the feeling she's seen a lot if this stuff in her career as a journo. Again a lot of issues relating to DOCS and as a mum to four young kids, wow there's a lot of this stuff in real life too... more, but thankful I am that I live a good life.
review 2: Yeah, this sounded like an interesting storyline, but was killed by dreadful writing, as far as I am concerned. The writing is so painfully boring to read that I didn't have the patience. The characters take forever to tell the story and are too dreary to bother with. This is self conscious and pompous and pedestrian and pretentious all at the same time. An example of how dreadful writing can kill a good idea, at best. less

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