Steve Aitchsmith

Twenty Five Million Ghosts by Steve Aitchsmith is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary. This is a very odd but appealing book. Somehow this man can just talk about his family and flow seamlessly from one thing to another and drag me along as if I am caught on a line. It is not only what he says but how he says things that is so intriguing. I feel I know his family, I am in the battle lines, I am looking through the wires at the concentration camps at the people, I am holding a leg to a dead soldier, and it all seems so real. He made me feel this. Just his simple rambling and gentle soothing ways lead me forward and back and I couldn't stop. I was helpless. I was trapped on the line and followed at he lead me to wars and back, to his many excursions on the side. It was a fascinating journey and the next thing I knew, the book ended. I was exhausted emotionally and needed time to process this long trip I never expected to take today. My heart ached, my chest throbbed, and my eyes stung. I don't think I could read this again but I am glad I read this, very glad. It opened me up, I felt something....more today. Thank you.… (more)