Hmmm Where to start with this book... So it was a slow read.. and even though that sounds like a bad thing - it's NOT... It's just a slow story for relaxing and enjoying not pelting though.. And that's just what I did, I sat, I read, I enjoyed.Characters are really quite good, setting is described clearly and the story just flows with clearly marked, (?not quite the term I want but can't think of the right word), changes to the time line.I like this as a ghost story, it really is quite well thought out. I'm not huge on 'ghosts' and was wary about trying another one. I find concepts with ghost stories a bit hard to come to grips with - despite the fact I love shifter stories. His Name is John didn't make me question anything didn't try to impose a way of thinking on me, nor on the lead character. We are slowly introduced to the other characters with out any assumption of who they are on the readers part.I'll definitely be looking to purchase another book by Dorien Grey in the future. This was fun but fluffy. Elliot Smith is a gay house renovator who encounters vibrations -- a ghost? -- and ends up pursuing details of the history of a home he is restoring. There are echos of Geraldo's famous Al Capone stunt ... what's been buried in behind the walls of the basement?The ghost's name is, of course, John ... but the tale of his demise leads to some very much alive (and some elderly) folks who are bent on Elliott not finding out the truth, unveiling a murky history. If you are happy with the premise -- romancing a ghost -- it all hangs together.
What do You think about His Name Is John (2008)?
Rather slow going and dull. And it wasn't a stretch to figure out whodunit.
—CandiGirl1225
Just Ok, The narrator is not my first choice.
—mau_
