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Book Review of THE SILENT COMPANIONS

The Silent Companions is a damn good ghost story.  Except, it’s not a ghost story. The house in which the main characters live is most decidedly haunted, but not by ghosts, per se. The things that go bump in the night are far less sinister at first glance, which makes their effect upon the story that much creepier. However, calling this a “bewitched wooden figurine story” just doesn’t carry quite the same weight. In my opinion, it’s...