From Publishers Weekly Shari is dead, and she knows that she didn't kill herself. So rather than merging with the cosmos as other spirits do, she lingers near the world of the living, determined to find her murderer. Fortunately for Shari, she is not alone in the hereafter. She finds a kindred spirit in Peter, the ghost of a boy she went to high school with. The ethereal duo discover Shari's killer in time to prevent another murder. But their techniques are not typical: rather, they solve the mystery by spying on old friends, attempting to communicate through a Ouija board, entering people's dreams and confronting the darker aspects of their own souls. The novel's central mystery, though somewhat contrived, moves along briskly. Plenty of action combined with several creepy seance scenes keep the pages turning. However, although the novel makes it clear that both Peter and Shari would rather be alive, some may question the prudence of presenting young readers with such a seductive vision of life after death. Ages 12-up. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Book Description SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT SHE WAS DEAD. When Shari Cooper awoke at home after being at her girlfriend's birthday party, her family acted like she wasn't there. They didn't hear a thing she said. They wouldn't even look at her. Then the call came from the hospital. Her father and brother paled. Her mother started to cry. Shari didn't know what was wrong. Not until she followed them to the hospital. There she found herself lying on a cold slab in the morgue. The police said that it was suicide. Shari knew she had been murdered. Making a vow to herself to find her killer, Shari embarks on the strangest of all criminal investigations: one in which she spies on her friends, and even enters their dreams -- where she comes face-to-face with a nightmare from beyond the grave. The Shadow -- a thing more horrible than death itself -- is the key to Shari's death, and the only thing that can stop her murderer from murdering again. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition. See all Editorial Reviews
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我必须称赞一下这本书的音乐性。是的,我指的是文字的韵律感。作者似乎深谙如何通过句子的长短、停顿的位置来控制阅读的情绪。有些段落读起来如同激昂的交响乐,充满了爆发力和戏剧张力;而另一些地方,又仿佛是古典乐章中的慢板,宁静而悠远,充满了宿命感。这种节奏的交替使用,使得阅读体验跌宕起伏,避免了整部作品因为情绪过于单一而产生的疲劳感。此外,书中对于“失落”与“寻找”这一母题的探讨,处理得非常克制和成熟。它没有将“寻找”描绘成一个线性的任务,而是一种持续存在于生命状态中的状态。这种富有诗意的哲学探讨,被包裹在引人入胜的剧情之下,使得它的思想深度得以有效传递,而不是流于空洞的理论说教。这本书,是那种你会推荐给所有追求真正文学体验的朋友的佳作。
评分这本书给我的感受是极其“质感”的。这里的质感,指的是作者在文字层面所呈现出的那种厚重感和颗粒感。它不是那种轻飘飘、快速消费的流行小说,而是需要你放慢呼吸、细细品味的文学作品。作者似乎对语言有着一种近乎偏执的追求,比如对于某个特定场景的环境描写,她能用寥寥数语就勾勒出那种湿冷、压抑或者温暖、舒展的氛围,代入感极强。我尤其喜欢它对“时间流逝”这一主题的处理方式,它不是用日历来标记,而是通过人物记忆的碎片、物品的老旧程度,甚至是光线的微妙变化来体现的,这种具象化的时间感让人印象深刻。说实话,读这本书的过程,与其说是阅读,不如说是在进行一场沉浸式的感官体验。看完之后,我感觉自己好像真的去过那个故事发生的地方,呼吸过那里的空气,甚至感受过那些人物的痛苦和狂喜。
评分坦白讲,我一开始是被这个封面吸引的,但真正翻开后,我发现内容比想象中的要深邃得多。这本书的结构设计非常巧妙,它使用了多线叙事,将不同角色的命运线索编织得天衣无缝。最让我佩服的是作者处理信息释放的技巧,她懂得什么时候应该慷慨地给出线索,什么时候又该吝啬地设置悬念,这种对读者的心理拿捏得极其精准。有那么几处,我以为自己已经猜到了结局,结果下一章立刻就给我一个响亮的耳光,让我不得不重新审视之前所有的判断。这种智力上的博弈,是优秀悬疑小说不可或缺的要素。而且,书中对某些社会现象的隐晦批判,也足够引人深思,它不是生硬的说教,而是将这些议题自然地融入角色的挣扎和选择之中,让读者自己去得出结论。这本书读起来,感觉就像是在解一个极其精美的魔方,每转动一次,结构都在变化,但最终的和谐感是无可替代的。
评分这本书的叙事节奏简直让人欲罢不能,作者对人物内心世界的刻画入木三分,那种微妙的情感变化,像是用最细腻的画笔描绘出来的。我特别欣赏作者在构建世界观时所展现出的那种沉稳和大气,每一个细节都经得起推敲,仿佛作者花费了数年时间来打磨这个虚拟的世界。情节的推进并非一蹴而就,而是像一条蜿蜒的河流,时而湍急,时而平静,但始终朝着一个宏大的目标前进。我常常在深夜被书中的某个转折点惊醒,迫不及待地想知道接下来会发生什么。那种被故事完全掌控的感觉,是阅读体验中最美妙的部分之一。更难能可贵的是,它并没有陷入故作高深的泥潭,语言是优美且富有力量的,即便是对复杂哲学问题的探讨,也能用最朴素却又充满哲理的对话表达出来。读完之后,你不会觉得自己只是看了一个故事,更像是参与了一段深刻的生命旅程,留下的回味悠长而复杂,让人忍不住想要再次翻开,去捕捉那些初读时可能遗漏的闪光点。
评分初读时,我最大的困惑在于人物关系网络的复杂性,简直像一张巨大的蛛网,稍不留神就会迷失方向。但正是这种复杂性,成就了这部作品的真实感。作者没有将任何人物塑造成绝对的扁平化符号,即便是反派角色,也有其令人同情的动机和难以言说的软弱。这种多维度的塑造,让故事摆脱了简单的善恶二元对立。我花了相当大的力气去梳理不同家族、不同派系之间的历史恩怨,一旦理清了头绪,那种豁然开朗的成就感是巨大的。这本书的后劲很足,很多情节在你合上书本很久之后,还会时不时地跳出来,让你思考“如果我是他,我会怎么做?”它挑战的不仅仅是你的理解力,更是你的道德边界和逻辑体系。它不是一本让你读完就忘的书,它会像一枚小小的催化剂,在你心里激起长久的回响。
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