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    Ghost Story

    Written by Jim Butcher

    Narrated by James Marsters

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    When an unknown someone shoots him and leaves him to die, Harry Dresden hopes he might be heading to a better place. Unfortunately, being dead doesn't make Harry's life any easier.

    Trapped between life and death, he learns that his friends are in serious trouble. Only by finding his murderer can he save his friends and move on-a feat which would be a lot easier if he had a body and access to his powers. Worse still are the malevolent shadows that roam Chicago, controlled by a dark entity that wants Harry to suffer even in death.

    Now, the late Harry Dresden will have to pull off the ultimate trick without using any magic-or face an eternity as just another lost soul…




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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateApr 21, 2015
    ISBN9780147520456
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    Ghost Story
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    Jim Butcher

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher turned to writing as a career because anything else probably would have driven him insane. He lives mostly inside his own head so that he can write down the conversation of his imaginary friends, but his head can generally be found in Independence, Missouri. 

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    • 3/5
      This may have been a case of over expectation. I had heard that this book was a "classic" in the horror genre and I wanted to give it a go, Although it had its moments I did not find it particularly scarey as many other reviewers did. I think I have a good imagination but it did not me much more than a passing shudder. The atmosphere was well done and the principle feminine "ghost" is very nicely done in her many manifestations but that was not enough to sustain my interest in this 450 plus page book. My mind would wander from time to time. Another problem for me is like a "B" horror movie - every so often on of the characters got knocked of like clockwork. (ie. 10 teenagers in a cabin in the woods - you know the story) So with much guilt I am sticky to my 3 star evaluation.
    • 5/5
      Scared the cheese n'rice outta me in high school and freaked me out 30 years later. My favorite horror novel. Relentlessly creepy and terrifying with some unforettable characters and the things that haunt them. Dr. Rabbitfoot and the Bate brothers still rear their ugly heads in my nightmares occassionally.
    • 5/5
      Works on all levels of a good scary book. Was very pleasantly surprised at how good it was. The town becomes a character as the horror builds and builds.
    • 2/5
      I am not a huge fan of supernatural horror and sadly this classic 70s tale didn't change my mind.It's has a cool premise, The Chowder Society meets every month to talk and reminisce but after a mysterious death of one their members they start telling ghost stories... ones which start bleeding into real life..Starting with an odd, disturbing intro of a kidnap girl and distraught author we are instantly put on edge.. we know something is wrong with the girl but we don't know what. It bleeds out its atmosphere into the early part of the book where we meet the Chowder society and bear witness to their increasingly disturbing dreams and ominous future.Straub manages to create some creepy, unsettling nightmares and tales and manages to keep the suspense going for the first half of the book but as soon as it starts becoming clear what is going on I just lost interest. No spoilers but supernatural shenanigans easily bore more so it takes a bit to keep me interested.However this book has other flaws and so..1) Changing points of view doesn't help. We start with the lovely Hawthorne who then seemingly disappears and isn't replaced by anyone that interesting. 2) It's too long and the pacing is off. Time goes by and the protagonists just sit around waiting for their fate, it’s unengaging and dull. Also when they do stop being apathetic they have the vaguest plan known to mankind. 3) Also the opening and heavy foreshadowing remove most of the mystery on how it’s going to end, oh X and X die do they.. then 400 pages later character X goes “oh well I will just pointlessly go off by myself, in a snow storm ”. Yawn. 4) As well as the DOOMED ones, it's nice to know that only the stupid, selfish and obsessed humans die because I was going to worry about brazen, young X who is going to go to college next year.5) It’s sexist. Well I suppose it was the 70s and it’s playing with old horror conventions but still. A sexy women... THE HORROR, RUN FOR THE HILLS etc.So anyway I didn't like it much, I skipped over most of the two last chapters. I am not even sure if they win or forgot to kill the sexy women so she can come back and be sexy at people again. So only recommend to horror fans. It does have some rave reviews and it does delight in updating some of the old stories, I can see the appeal if you are a fan.
    • 2/5
      Another fine example of Sthephen King without gore. That's what I like about Peter Straub: he creates a haunting atmosphere without portraying "Dawn of The Dead" and makes his characters suitably onedimensional but not walking parodies.The one thing I did not like about this book is that HE RIPPED OFF "THE TURN OF THE SCREW" FOR HIS BACKSTORY!!!You do not do something like this! Granted, it does keep the story at a surprisingly high level but...I liked the visuals of the ending: a man killing a wasp while trapped in his singking car and then being not arrested/questioned despite driving his car off a bridge in front of several wittnesses.
    • 5/5
      I think this is Straub's best book and have read it many times. It scares the crap out of me every time!
    • 4/5
      Reading all of the reviews about this book online make it clear that it is frightening. Many people said that they couldn't sleep at night while they were reading this book. Even my brother told me not to read it at night. However, for me, it started out fairly slowly. I found myself wondering when it was going to finally pick up. The promise of something happening kept me reading the book. I will admit that the writing wasn't drab or daunting.It feels as though the author is trying to give the reader an impression of the town, the people, and the relationship these four men have with their community. In that way, Straub sets the stage very well. The growing creep factor seems to start after Sears' first story of Fenny and Gregory. However, like King following in his footsteps, Straub uses the slight, uneasy changes occurring within the community to feed the story.While the story was very engaging, it took nearly half of the book for the creep factor to set in for me. However, about 150 pages from the end of the novel, I was finding myself hearing weird sounds in the house, strange noises outside in the wind, etc., and that added to the feeling of the book. I felt as though I was in the story with the characters and experiencing the same things. All in all, this book was good and engaging. I found myself tearing through the book because I wanted to know what was going to happen next! I would suggest not reading this book alone or in the dark if you're prone to an overactive imagination!
    • 4/5
      Growing up I have always had a particular fascination for the book Ghost Story sitting on my parents bookshelf. I was too young to read it when it came out but I liked to take it off the shelf and look at it on occasion. After all who could resist the title Ghost Story and not only that but it claimed to the be the scariest ghost story ever.Flash forward to my thirties. I meant to read this for the R.I.P. reading challenge held every year over at Stainless Steel Droppings. I had it all checked out from the library and was quite surprised to find that I couldn't get into it, like not at all. It went back largely untouched and I thought that was the end of my fascination with the book until I found it for $1 at my favorite used book store. Without the time constraints of having to have it back by a certain date, this could be the year I finally read it. Armed with the additional help of Wikipedia I embarked on the journey of at last completing my quest to read and finish Ghost Story.The plot is rather confusing until page 400 where everything is spelled out for you. The opening of the book was a complete turn off for me and that is why I didn't get through the first time. A character has kidnapped a young girl and is dragging her all over. It sounds rather perverted and you think the character is a possible pedophile and it isn't until the final pages of the book that you realize what the opening was. If I hadn't been consulting on Wikipedia I would probably have given up again but the plot synopsis helped me to see where the story was going. There are a lot of characters and time switching to keep up with. The core of the story is that there is a group of elderly gentleman who are all friends and who experienced something horrifying when they were young men. All of the rest of the book is tied to that. The most surprising thing that I realized is that the book isn't about ghosts at all. Who picked the title? Since the book was written in the 70's I don't think I am giving anything away here by saying the source of the evil is a shape shifting manitou aided by some reanimated zombies. The book ends on a cliff hanger and since it's been over thirty years since the book was written I guess it won't be resolved. Even though the book was difficult to get into I did enjoy it. I loved all of the 70's camp. Cocktail party anyone? I also learned to always carry a hat pin on you even if you don't wear a hat. Some of the characters actions were at times maddening. A lot of people didn't seem to mind facing the greatest evil ever known without any backup. Stupid, stupid Sears James. What were you thinking? And if I were facing said evil I would have taken along a lot more than one knife and an ax. This book had a lot of scary scenes in it but strangely enough they didn't terrify me like Those Across the River. I didn't get even one tiny nightmare from scenes such as the one where Elmer Scales kills his entire family with the aid of an ax. Reading about something is not as terrifying as watching it in a movie for me. With that in mind I did attempt to watch the movie based on this book on Netflix. It was made in the early 80's and the special effects are laughingly bad. I watched the first 15 minutes before turning it off. Somebody should remake the movie today and adhere it more closely to the book. To sum things up I am glad that I finally got to check this off my TBR list and it has whetted my appetite for more 70's horror, next up The Shining.
    • 2/5
      I have had this book sitting on my bookshelf for some time now, for some reason I always put off reading it, despite all the great reviews associated with it. The only other Straub book I have ever read was lost girl lost boy which I felt was subpar despite Stephen King’s blurb that it was Straub’s greatest work ever. That been said I finally started “Ghost Story” which everyone said was Straub’s best and the best book ever about ghosts…etc. etc. I have to say I had to force myself to read this book, normally I can read a book I am interested in a few days, this one took me about 12 days. It was very hard for me to get into, it was very wordy and a ton of dialogue which I don’t mind if the dialogue is interesting. The characters with the exception of a few came across very flat and mundane. The story was dragged out over a snail’s pace. And I am sure some will read this review and assume I didn’t get it or couldn’t understand the author setting the mood, which is not the case a great example of a book that sets a great mood is “the Shining” or “Hell House”. The book did have some interesting parts that I enjoyed reading, it just took hundreds of pages to get to them. Overall I was disappointed, even if I read this back in 1980 I wouldn’t have enjoyed it. This might be my last Peter Straub book, my wife is currently reading a Dark Matter, and is having the same issue stating how Straub drones on and on really about nothing at all with pointless dialogue.
    • 5/5
      Most epic horror novels fail to maintain their momentum and just end up being ridiculous--like The Stand. But Ghost Story has enough atmosphere and good writing, together with some very effective individual scenes--particularly the one involving Night of the Living Dead--that it doesn't leave a bad taste in your mouth when you are done.
    • 5/5
      Wow, a definite must read for anyone who enjoys the horror/chiller genera. It starts slowly an a bit confusing, but everything ties together making it impossible to put down. While not scary this book is creepy and eerie making you ponder the fine line between dream and reality.The Chowder Society, a group of men in their sixties, who tell stories to each other, has lost a member to heart attack. It has been a year since his death and all feel guilty and are having nightmares. As the mystery surrounding his death unfolds secrets come to light and more people die. It is a race to find out who or what is behind the deaths and stop it, before the town is destroyed.
    • 5/5
      Ghost Story was one of the great horror novels to come out of the late Seventies and, in my opinion, worthy of a five star rating. Many folks here have already reviewed it here, so I won't trouble you with a rehash of the plot, but my overall opinion of the story. Being from Clarksburg, West Virginia, the book immediately grabbed my attention by starting out there. It doesn't stay in WV, but moves through various towns and times, making the reader pay attention as it swiftly moves you through histories and locations.I will say this: it is psychologically compounding and an intelligent read. It doesn't frighten you, but disturbs you the way an itch might.I have always been a fan of books that get right to the point and don't drag on. This is not one of those, but layers the lives of different characters on and on until everything goes to hell in the end. However, despite the complexity of the plot, I still found myself thinking about it and wanting to read more.Any fan of horror or fantasy owes themselves at least one read-through of Peter Straub's Ghost Story.
    • 4/5
      Straub does an excellent job at making the reader uneasy.
    • 3/5
      I found this book interesting but not very frightening. This was jusy an okay book for me. Maybe because I do not typically read horror type books. What I liked was the play of illusion versus reality in the story. I also liked the way the story developed ... old men swapping ghost stories ... but I thought it unraveled towards the end and got a bit out of control. Without giving away too much it just seemed a bit far fetched to me what happened when the town was snowed in. I couldn't loose myself in this book.
    • 3/5
      Not such a bad book Halloween. For me, a little overwritten but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I was often confused who was doing what and who was who since I thoguht that the characters' names were kinda similar, and there were a lot of characters. The similarity with the one characters name I got in the second chapter and couln't understand why it took so long for the rest of the characters to wet it.
    • 2/5
      Picked this up because I read that Stephen King thinks it's one of the best horror stories ever, and it's, like, Halloween time, so what the heck. I tried, got bored but stuck with it, but 200 pages later I'm giving up and taking it back to the library.
    • 4/5
      Firstly, I cannot believe that anyone would show to the world their immense capacity for ignorance by attempting to review a book that they had not read (see carrieprice78's "disclaimer" below). Not only does carrieprice78 misquote the author (Don did not taste freckles), but she makes a complete nincompoop of herself by saying that she "doesn't know what he's talking about" (speaking of Don Wanderley) and that she "didn't find her speech or her character credible" (speaking of the kidnapped girl, Angie). Everyone who has read Mr. Straub's book, is laughing and deducting that carrieprice78 was too disturbed by the opening kidnapping to read on (if she had the characters of Don and Angie would have proven to be completely logical in their thoughts and actions). I hated to go on so, but REALLY! We are free to our opinions, but we should form them fairly!I now can get on with my own review of "Ghost Story".I have collected quite a few Peter Straub novels, but had not cracked one. What finally did it for me was MacDonald's, in a round about sort of way. I had just picked up Ray Kroc's biography. He was the paper cup salesman who founded MacDonald's fast food chain. I was standing in my library, perusing for an hour or so, trying to pick out something to read. It was between the aforementioned title, Henry James, Flaubert, and Bentley Little. I was in the mood for horror fast food. I picked up Straub's "Julia" (my girlfriend's name), and then put it back down and picked up "Ghost Story". It was published in 1980 (the year of my birth). I opened the book to a page and saw the word "MacDonald's". In the opening kidnapping, we are led to believe something truly horrible is taking place between a young girl, and what we may have guessed was a pedophile. "He ties me onto him when he sleeps!" The sense of gloom and mental instability within Don is as heavy as a damp moldy blanket.I really enjoyed my visits within the Chowder Society. I couldn't help but think of Ricky Hawthorne as Mr. Pickwick, surrounded by fellow Pickwickians. I envied their company and Sears' cigars. The setting really had a classical feel to it. Stella was sure to ruin that, as Mrs. Bardell had ruined Pickwick's fun.The entire novel felt like a long and jumbled train ride, with some cars only loosely attached (wow, were a lot of cars lost). Nevertheless, the train's engine never failed, and a destination was reached. When we reached it, I laughed out loud. Straub's sense of humor is fantastic, and a really nice quality to have as a horror writer (I'm reminded of Sears' compliment to Ricky).I'd like to digress on a few things that piqued my interest. Firstly, its pretty obvious that Ricky's true marriage was to Sears (indeed, Ricky feared physical intimateness with Sears—which he shouldn't have, because Sears was most obviously not that kind of bachelor); and yet, in the end, Ricky without objection lets Sears march off into the unknown, alone. One could argue, both of them knew that it was their fate, I suppose.Secondly, I get the feeling that Straub isn't that fond of women. Look at Stella, and at the antagonist. I get the creeps thinking of all the incarnations of A.M., with her feminine intelligence and beauty, malevolent eyes, and sneering faces. It may be more accurate to say that Straub distrusts beautiful women. It's a different story with Milly Sheehan (she sure is ignorant and a snoop though) and the poor mother of Jim Hardie. The most heart-wrenching character is Helen Kayon from Berkeley. She too betrays us (Don) in the end. Stupid Don.Lastly, I would like to touch upon the wisdom which pertains to writing that Straub illuminates us with. We see the first glimpses of this with Don's academic life. The digressions on Hawthorne, Crane, Chaucer (something is extremely erotic about big Helen and her Chaucer in the library—Chaucer and his nether eyes and such). Really, this comes to a head just before the book ends. Straub reveals the secret of Hawthorne and James, whilst missing Poe. He tells writers that we must apprentice ourselves to the the masters, who after so long "come up fresh as flowers". I really did love the ending. Throughout, evil had a bit of a ridiculous undercurrent, and the end did not deny this, but embraced it. Leaves you with a taste of faeries. A wasp. It was hilarious. That security guard! HAHAHA!
    • 5/5
      While this book was a bit slow to begin with, once it got going, it went great. I stayed up until I couldn't hold my eyes open any longer. The thought of a vengeful ghost is great.
    • 2/5
      Disclaimer: I haven't finished the book. In fact, I haven't read very much of it at all, but what's with all the excessive foreshadowing? It starts out with a guy and girl he's kidnapped. The girl is strangely passive; I can't get into the guy's head--there's not much going on. But the author uses a foreshadowing device that is just about enough already. I paraphrase: "Suddenly...he was transported back to New York...there was a woman with a dog and he could taste her freckles..." Then, "Again, he found himself back in New York, only this time, instead of the woman with the dog, it was his brother..." Cue scary music here, I don't know what the heck he's talking about but apparently something's going to happen concerning a lady with a dog and his brother. Jeez already. Plus, the girl, who is about seven or eight, speaks too maturely. I didn't find her speech or her character credible. As I said, I haven't read it all but consider this fair warning if you grow tired of excessive and obvious use of plot devices.
    • 5/5
      I read this book ages ago and several times since. It is one of the scariest book I have ever read. Not jumping-out-of-your-skin scary, but something-is-under-my-skin scary. There is lots of snow, read it in the summer. I read it in a snow storm the first time and could not sleep without dreaming about it. I know, I'm a wimp.
    • 4/5
      A very wonderful read by an amazing author. This was my first run-in with Peter Straub--minus his collaborations with Stephen King--and I must say that I was very impressed, although at times the story seemed to go at a ridiculously slow pace. Other than that, Ghost Story provided a lot of realistic fear and horror. I am so glad that I read it in the afternoon, otherwise I'd be absolutely terrified right now. This comes highly recommended from me.
    • 4/5
      A compelling first and second read that becomes weaker as one rereads multiple times. I find myself editing the book on successive readings -- reading more quickly as I reach certain sections and actually skipping others. Repeated readings also make it clear that in this world women are "the other" -- although we experience the world through the minds of various people we are never encouraged to experience as women.
    • 5/5
      The more horror you've read, the more you'll enjoy this book, but it's a worthwhile venture into the horror story regardless. At times, it drags, but this is one of those books that might very well sneak up on you. In my own case, I found it refreshingly unfrightful after a semester-long reengagement with horror literature, but a week after I'd finished it....well, to say that it became frightful with further thought is an understatement. This book might be most horrifying for readers who regularly engage with the horror genre or who are artists themselves, but I think it's fair to say it should be at least entertaining for most any reader. The characters and situations here are disconcertingly believable, even when they really shouldn't be, and the book as a whole is a careful exploration of what horror has been and can be in the present and future. On top of that, it's just plain creepy, the farther in you get. Yes, I recommend it heartily, especially to readers who write (anything).
    • 2/5
      I never really got into this book; I read about one third of it and then stopped because I did not connect to the characters not to what happened to them. Although it is very well written - some scenes are very frightening and enthralling - the storyline was obscured by the slow pace of the book and many side stories.
    • 5/5
      I read this book in August 1981 while in hospital: my friend Lester Potter brought it for me from the library and I lay alone in my ward in the Cape Town winter reading it. As a horror afficianado, I did not expect to be scared yet I quivered in the bed in that empty wing, subject not so much to shocks as to creeping terror. The old men, the winter, the cold and then the heavy snow [acting like sympathetic nature] interact in a frighteningly bleak atmosphere with frequent flashbacks to their golden youth when they all fell someowhat in love with an exotic and mysterious woman. The five friends share a secret, an accident which binds them together, but now the first of them has died - seemingly of fright - and the fortnightly meetings of the Chowder Society take on an edge.The group are being haunted by nightmares, and something malign has come to their small town... Ancient evil and demonic archetypes, shapeshifters, wierd music: a horror story writer, nephew of the dead man, arrives to help the oldsters and investigate the death of his brother, who was in love with an exotic and mysterious woman - who happens to be the spitting image of the e. and m. w. loved and lost so long ago in that golden autmn of 1929. Nightwatchers, hauntings, death, ghosts - real and imagined - and the undead are offset by enduring and endearing friendships, love, forgiveness and nobility of spirit to create a truelly classic horror story.
    • 4/5
      I read this some time ago and wonder of wonders, I remember it. Right there, I know how good it is as a big fat read. Engrossing and satisfying right to the end.
    • 3/5
      This is not your typical ghost story. More creepy than outright scary, though it has its moments. Sometimes the weather is the scariest thing. I can see why it's considered a horror classic. The book nicely comes full circle, though I had forgotten the strange beginning by the time I got to the end.
    • 4/5
      straub's work is winding and twisty to the point one gets exasperated, and his research is a bit sloppy. He has a car going off a ditch near Panama City, Florida, and rolling over on the way down, stopping on the berm by the Gulf waters. Could not happen. Not in this universe. There is NO DROP near the Gulf from Appalachacola to Pensacola. None. Nada. That destroyed his credibility for me, and made it not necessary to read any more of his work.
    • 3/5
      I want to give this a higher rating, because I did like much of Straub did in the ending. I disagree with the philosophy that the aging beings had—that humans are woefully unaware of their existence and always have been. It's just in modern times that we've gotten away from our knowledge of ghosts. Not that technology dispels the shadows around the edges of things. More in that technology leads us to believe we know everything. But our ancestors were much more attuned to the natural world and what lay in it, supernatural or not. But I digress. The book was good. Not great—there were sections I had to slog through—but good. It's possible that I had a hard time getting into it because I was reading on the train, and any ghost story, of course, is best when read alone by a fire in an old house, where the doors creak and the house makes unexplained noises.
    • 4/5
      And everyone has a book that makes them shiver.