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The Saturday Night Ghost Club
Craig Davidson
2018 · 253 pages · Young adult
How it reads
The Saturday Night Ghost Club is young adult (coming-of-age ghost story, specifically), and its dominant mood is eerie. It's atmospheric and uncanny, with a sense that something is wrong. It's a slow burn: character-driven, with a payoff that comes from accumulation rather than twists. It rewards attention and suits unhurried reading more than five-minute gaps.
It's set in a small town setting, in the recent past, told in the first person by a single narrator. Its central concerns are coming of age, family and friendship. In weight it's heavy and literary — denser, more serious, and more demanding of you.
It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending is bittersweet: it resolves, but at a price. At 253 pages it's a quick read. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something eerie
- you have time to settle in
- you want something to chew on
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or heartwarming
- you're reading in five-minute gaps
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- young adult
- Author gender
- male
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- small town
- Setting: time
- recent past
- Mood / feeling
- eerie
- Pace
- slow burn
- Tone / weight
- heavy and literary
- Length
- short
- Narrative style
- first person, one narrator
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- moderately known
- Series vs standalone
- standalone
- Themes
- coming of age, family, friendship
- Ending style
- bittersweet
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time IndianSherman AlexieShares: young adult, bittersweet ending, set in small town, recent past setting
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