“Just because it´s my choice to go doesn´t mean I´m not heartbroken to leave you”
Note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All of the opinions are my own and this did not affect my review in any way.
The moment I found out what this book was about I became instantly intrigued, I had no idea where the plot was going to take me but I was very excited to see what the author did with the idea.
In Ghost of Harvard we follow Cadence, who after her brother´s suicide becomes obsessed with finding out the truth about what really happened.
I could not put this book down, even though it is almost 500 pages I read it fairly quickly because I needed to know what was going to happen. The novel runs a bit long and lags a little bit in the middle, but is brought to a surprising and satisfying conclusion so I was able to look past that rocky middle part. This book is beautifully written, it is atmospheric and very well researched and I am so happy I read it.
The characters are very well developed, especially Cadence and I think that is why I was so frustrated with her. I have never been in Cadence position so I have no idea what she was going through, but she is definitely an unlikeable character. She made bad decisions after bad decisions and I understand she was acting based on her grief, but still it was hard and frustrating to read. So when she grew it was so heartwarming to read about. The Cadence from the beginning of the book is definitely not the Cadence from the end and that is what makes this book so impactful and why I was able to look past the fact that she was so unlikeable in the beginning.
Overall, this was an outstanding read, this book took the author 10 years to write and you can see how much effort and research she put into it. This was an amazing debut novel for the author and I cannot wait to see what she publishes next.
PS. This books definitely has a lot of trigger warning so please keep that in mind if you decide to pick it up.
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