Superstition

As horror goes, I did get up and lock the doors when I was reading late into the night. I felt, however, that the book weakened towards the end.

It is not that I feel that I have read a classic, something that will stay and will be quoted. No, this is entertainment. If you accept this I can admit that the book is really good. Questions of parallel universes, of mind and matter, are treated in a very fascinating way. The whole impression is scary, really scary. I have been in bed already but the end of the novel made me get up and write this comment - while there are still tiny little shivers around my spine.

Convinced that ghosts are actually manifestations of the combined will of living individuals, Sam creates an experiment bringing a group of people together to try to do just that. They create a fictional character and start the experiment. But when things start to go bad and they want to stop the test, people start dying.

I enjoyed this book. I like the premise and think it is very original. It kept me engaged but there is quite a bit of theory that got repeated often. So at some points I felt like say, I get it already!. But that does not stop me from recommending it. It is not a super scary book, it is creepy.

It all began with an experiment. Then something went awry... David Ambrose's supernatural thriller had enough twists and turns to keep me interested without being too eerie or scarey. I don't read much in this genre but this one came recommended and I enjoyed it.
Joanna Cross is a journalist who wants to do an article on the paranormal. With the help of a university psychologist, a group begins meeting to try to conjure up a ghost completely from their collective imagination. The group gets results--table knocking, writing on windows and other ghostly behavior begins. Then one of the group members dies. Then another... That part is suspenseful enough. But the last quarter of the book takes a huge turn. It'll keep you reading past midnight.

What a read, I was lost inside this book, could not put it down until I read the last page, brilliant, the thrills kept on coming right until the end.

Joanna Cross, reporter bij een toonaangevend Amerikaans tijdschrift, is bezig met een serie kritische artikelen over parapsychologie. Ze slaagt erin de bedrieglijke praktijken van een pseudo-spiritistisch echtpaar aan de kaak te stellen, dat munt slaat uit de wanhoop van mensen die contact zoeken met hun dierbaren 'aan gene zijde'.
Dr. Sam Towne, als onderzoekspsycholoog verbonden aan de universiteit van Manhattan, nodigt Joanna uit deel te nemen aan een onderzoek waarin aangetoond zal worden dat paranormale verschijnselen als telepathie en psychokinese wetenschappelijk verklaard kunnen worden. Hij vraagt haar deel te nemen aan een experiment, waarin op basis van collectieve suggestie een 'geest' gecreëerd zal worden...
Ondanks haar show more sceptische houding stemt Joanna hierin toe, niet in de laatste plaats vanwege Sams mannelijke charmes. En tot haar verbazing lukt het hen door middel van seances in contact te komen met Adam Wyatt, een geest die niet anders dan een product van hun gezamenlijke suggestie zou zijn. Verbazing die echter in verbijstering omslaat wanneer Adam een geheel eigen, en zeer gewelddadig karakter ontwikkelt... show less