![]() Ghost stories date back centuries, but those written in the Victorian era have a unique atmosphere and dark beauty. The narrator is very proper and keeps things moving despite the sometimes slow pace of the narrative and though it ends too abruptly for my liking it did give me a decent case of the creeps. As the eeriness continues to settle in, I found it absorbing and a little terrifying and even slightly humorous as one of our protagonists attempts to make excuses for everything happening to them – even though we know he doesn’t really believe any of his own words. Unfortunately they’ve chosen the wrong location. They set up camp somewhere on a small island. Two friends head out on a canoeing adventure ignoring, and slightly oblivious to, all of the warning signs that they should go ANYWHERE but where they’re headed. The first hour basically sets the scene for the nightmarish dreamlike conclusion. ![]() The beginning is filled with an abundance of descriptive prose. This time it did and it’s given me one more reason to add to my “Why I’ll Never Go Camping Again” list. ![]() Sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn’t. Fortunately when it comes to audio, I can and will usually stick it out. ![]() I have very little patience for slow starters and this is most definitely a slow starter. ![]()
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