Book: The Light (Morpheus Road #1) by D.J. Machale
Release date: April 20, 2010
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Aladdin
From: Publisher
Summary:
Marshall Seaver is being haunted. In the first installment of this chillingly compelling trilogy, sixteen-year-old Marshall discovers that something beyond our world is after him. The eerie clues pile up quickly, and when people start dying, it’s clear whatever this isit’s huge.
Marshall has no idea what’s happening to him, but he’s soon convinced that it has something to do with his best friend Cooper, who’s been missing for over a week. Together with Coop’s sister, Marsh searches for the truth about what happened to his friend, ultimately uncovering something bigger than he could ever have imagined.
*****
I am not much for creepy ghost stories but The Light was actually a pretty good book. It was definitely unlike anything I have read before and there were times when I was seriously creeped out. This is one of those books to read in the daylight when there are people around.
Marshall was a cute character. He was a huge geek and he didn’t have a lot of friends. When he started seeing crazy things he went to tell his best friend, Cooper, only to find out that he was missing. He didn’t know how but he knew that the two things were somehow connected. He got Cooper’s sister, Sydney, to help him out and things got super crazy from there. It was a wild ride!
I think the creepiest parts of the book weren’t when Marshall was seeing Gravedigger but when he was hearing things. If you have ever been alone late at night in an old house you understand why that is so creepy. Now I’m going to think Gravedigger is coming for me. =]
I was left with quite a few questions but I look forward to finding out the answers in the next book in the trilogy. This one was a bit slow going at first but it does pick up and by the end you will be on the edge of your seat.
Overall, The Light is a promising start to a new trilogy. If you love ghost stories this is a book for you and this is one book that I have to add to my list of recommendations for guys. It’s one of the few books that I have read that I think both guys and girls will enjoy!
First line: I believe in ghosts.
Writing: 4/5
Characters: 3/5
Plot: 4/5
Ending: 4/5
Originality: 5/5
Overall: 20/25=B-
Cover: 5/5=A++
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o come on! i spent an entire night reading from about chapter 3 to somewhere in the last 10 chapters. it is really creepy so you don’t want to read it in day light with lots of people, you read it at the dead of night with nobody around!