Sparrow Hill Road

Ghost Stories, Book 1

De: Seanan McGuire

Narrado por: Amy Landon

Rose Marshall died in 1952 in Buckley Township, Michigan, run off the road by a man named Bobby Cross - a man who had sold his soul to live forever, and intended to use her death to pay the price of his immortality. Trouble was, he didn't ask Rose what she thought of the idea.

It's been more than sixty years since that night, and she's still sixteen, and she's still running.

They have names for her all over the country: The Girl in the Diner. The Phantom Prom Date. The Girl in the Green Silk Gown. Mostly she just goes by "Rose", a hitchhiking ghost girl with her thumb out and her eyes fixed on the horizon, trying to outrace a man who never sleeps, never stops, and never gives up on the idea of claiming what's his. She's the angel of the overpass, she's the darling of the truck stops, and she's going to figure out a way to win her freedom. After all, it's not like it can kill her.

You can't kill what's already dead.

©2014 Seanan McGuire (P)2014 Tantor

Enjoyed it

Would you consider the audio edition of Sparrow Hill Road to be better than the print version?

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What did you like best about this story?

It was weird, but kept me interested.

Which character – as performed by Amy Landon – was your favorite?

The main girl

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

///one

Any additional comments?

Wish Book 2 would come out!

Review

I read the books before I listened. was a little disappointed by the narrator but overall enjoyed the whole performance.

No spoilers

Seanan McGuire delivers again! This is a very different take on death after life—NOT your typical ghost story. It is exactly what I expect when reading anything by the author (regardless if she’s using her own name or writing under Mira Grant)—an original, innovative story that often pulls in familiar aspects of folk tales and urban legends. Keep it coming!

Seanan McGuire now an autobuy

Any additional comments?

At this point I've found something enjoyable about every single book she has put out.
This one is no exception, I love Rose Marshall and she's up against a genuinely terrifying villain.

A narrative that floats freely as would a ghost

I was underwhelmed by this book. I am a huge fan of Seanan McGuire's October Daye series and the Newsflesh series she writes under the Mira Grant pseudonym, so I had high expectations. However, true to any good author, this book is stylistically very different from her other works. Unfortunately, it was not what I was hoping to find.

Don't get me wrong, the book is not a bad book at all. I am just really a fan of her action and intrigue based writing. This is definitely not that type of story. It is a bittersweet ghost stories that meanders and floats in a manner that is eerily evocative of a haunting.

I suspect some readers might have issue with the nonlinear narrative. I actually thought this was very clever and appropriate for a tale about ghost girl. I just wish there had been more action. A nice ghost tale here and there would have been nice, but it felt like the snippets got a tad old as I waited for the story to circle back to the point. Instead, things slowly swirled into a standstill with tendrils showing where things could go in another book.

As always with Ms. McGuire, the world was richly built, with a lot of thought and detail. Seriously, this woman is gifted in her fantasy imagination and the results always seem so vivid and real. This, more than anything else will probably see my return for the next book in the series.