What compelled me to read "Whispering Walls" by Nixie Martell cheerleader ?
It is her Anniversary, and as a team member of WDC Power Reviewers I took the DARE to read some Blue Cases.
It is Halloween month, and an important time of year. We are busy at the library concocting a Haunted House, and this story is creepy enough to give me the "scary fix" I crave.
I like the way Nixie Martell cheerleader organizes her items. I tried to find something that didn't have very many ratings. I went into her "Invalid Item" folder, where I then located "Whispering Walls" .
Something that stood out to me is that I remember these "13" Prompts from last year. Then we were celebrating Writing Dot Com's Thirteenth Anniversary. This item was created September 2013, but was modified this October 2014.
After a contest entry is ended, the story may be shelved, or brought back to life; Nixie has chosen an eerie resurrection that works very well.
What kept my interest?
"Thirteen"
"...where a house erected by Gustov Matheson in the 1800's stood. A museum of sorts..."
"Every room, a recreation of horrific disasters..."
Character:
Flint Trent: The main protagonist appears at first to be a man on a mission. To all appearances he finds superstition and the idea of haunting to be almost vulgar. "Never did believe that balderdash. I'm proving my friends wrong."
Kathleen: Flint Trent's great-granddaughter. "Now, his great-grand daughter ran the sideshow..."
There are haunting images of walls and
Smoky smells from an ancient
Description:
I think that it shows excellent literary skill in the way the author shows Flint at first, as a man, leaving his home to go take care of something that is 'haunting him', because he is compelled to perform this annual pilgrimage. "...hopped on subway thirteen, sat in row thirteen..."
He goes through a plethora of changes physically, mentally and emotionally, and Nixie Martell cheerleader plays well with words in pulling this off; "...shivered, hot, and then cold." "...didn't want to give her the names, but as the words slipped from his tongue...", and "...he was standing in front of the 'missing' door. A fine sheen of perspiration covered his body, but his arms and legs were cold..."
As a reader, I feel as if I have taken that journey with Mr. Trent, and although he is not companionable, his continued wandering keeps my interest.
The dialog and consistent wrangling with Kathleen, the thoughts of his old friends and even his family keep me on high alert, because it is not obvious where this is going. I like that.
Overall:
The haunting of the haunted is a unique story line. In typical scary stories, it is the ghosts who seem to inhabit spaces where the living are, in this case, ghosts haunt other spirits.
Now that he is home...will this occur again? I think in this type of story, the author has done well to leave us hanging.
The one thing I cannot work out, and perhaps it is meant that way; Is Kathleen, Flint's great granddaughter? Is she on this plane, or is she a haint, [Southern colloquialism of ghost] as well? If that question is not meant to be answered for sure, it works well. Even as a nosy reader, it is not necessary to know all of the answers.
I am glad to write and review beside Nixie Martell cheerleader , she has helped me to become involved and learn on Writing Dot Com. She has encouraged me when I thought my world was crashing. She has restored me when I wanted to give up. Happiest Anniversary Nixie Martell cheerleader
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