2.5
Book source ~ Purchased at Audible

Mrs Zant sees a ghost. Mr Rayburn sees a ghost. He thinks. Was it really? Something weird is definitely going on.

I listened to this last September while driving home to NC from OH on one of the many trips to and from after losing my mom in July. I honestly can’t remember a single thing about it. It is forgettable. I think there was a ghost? Maybe?

Writing: meh.
Plot: meh.
Narration: meh ( )

Sometimes folks get what they deserve.

I thoroughly enjoyed this short story made even better by the fantastic narration performed by Gillian Anderson. That accent! Swoon! ( )

Reading Wilkie Collins always reminds me of how far the popular imagination has moved since his day. The ghost in "Mrs Zant and The Ghost" is barely more than a suggestion. This isn't horrifying by modern standards of slash and splatter.

Yet, allow yourself to imagine it actually happening to you, to find yourself confronted with such a presence and it becomes enough to change how you see the world. It's Collins' gift to help even someone with a palette as jaded as mine, taste that delicate shock. ( )

Mrs. Zant and the Ghost was a sweet little ghost story.

Even though it wasn't scary, it was entertaining, and I thought that Gillian Anderson did a decent job of narrating the tale. A little bit more distinction between the voices would have been nice, but this book was short, so it was just a slight annoyance.

Recommended for fans of ghost stories, (though I would recommend the volumes of M.R. James before this one.) ( )

Mrs. Zant and the Ghost
By: Wilkie Collins
Narrated by: Gillian Anderson
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