The Saturday Night Ghost Club, (Paperback)

from Andy5185

It's so great when a book surprises you with how beautifully it is written. This coming of age story filled me with nostalgia for the pre-internet days of riding bikes and exploring the woods — where one could be scared and excited and thrilled all at the same moment. Craig Davidson did a stellar...

from kimkimkim

I rounded up because the writing was that good. I love coming of age stories and am always excited to hear about a new one. However, I just couldn't connect with this narrative. There was something off-putting, maybe it was the fall back to plumbing the gelatinous matter we think of as our brain.

from ecataldi

A humorous nostalgic read with an ending you won't suspect, but will make the book all the more heartfelt for it. The Saturday Night Ghost Club is a mix between the Stranger Things and the Goonies, but a little more melancholy, and highlights two lonely pre-teens on the verge of a great friendshi...

from funkyplaid

Craig has a deft hand and a golden tongue, but the story itself, to me, is too derivative to stand apart from the influences whom he explicitly thanks in the acknowledgements. While Davidson's prose is arguably a step ahead of Stephen King and John Bellairs, the construction of his tale and its t...

from phoenixcomet

Well written coming of age story about a boy, some new kids in the neighborhood (one of them female) and a quirky uncle who gets them searching for ghosts. Engaging read.