My Goodreads review: I Wish I Was Like You

I Wish I Was Like You by S.P. Miskowski

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is either a very literary ghost story or an intermittently haunted literary novel, though for me it worked best when the supernatural element was present. Either way, it's a remarkably strange and well-crafted read for those looking to expand their horizons past the normal range of horror.

I did find that the pace slackened a bit in the middle of the book, and that the supernatural nature of the plot wasn't explained until later in the novel than this reader would have liked. (Of course, This Reader is fonder of dark fiction than of mainstream literary novels . .. ) However, the slow-burning sense of dread kept me clicking pages, and the end payoff was well worth it.







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