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kareila_booksThings that I liked: the rules of the ghost world, and the way the short stories were ordered to reveal an overall plot amidst disconnected episodes.
Things I didn't care for: the amount of lurid metaphor. (Example: "The transition between layers of twilight is silken-smooth, like peeling the nylons from a hooker's legs.") The fact that all of Rose's ride "partners" were male, and she sometimes allowed them to use her for sex. The fact that Rose doesn't feel convincingly dead to me; she comes across instead as a living person with certain compulsions and special abilities, whereas Bobby Cross, who is supposedly alive, seems more demon than human. The fact that road ghosts apparently only ever eat diner food - after Rose's fifth or sixth cheeseburger, I started to get a stomachache.
Things I didn't care for: the amount of lurid metaphor. (Example: "The transition between layers of twilight is silken-smooth, like peeling the nylons from a hooker's legs.") The fact that all of Rose's ride "partners" were male, and she sometimes allowed them to use her for sex. The fact that Rose doesn't feel convincingly dead to me; she comes across instead as a living person with certain compulsions and special abilities, whereas Bobby Cross, who is supposedly alive, seems more demon than human. The fact that road ghosts apparently only ever eat diner food - after Rose's fifth or sixth cheeseburger, I started to get a stomachache.
