tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10847733.post3410877997887153107..comments2023-10-26T03:49:14.799-07:00Comments on Ghost Word: Arcadia Falls by Carol GoodmanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10847733.post-10430304200911876692010-05-29T11:44:26.355-07:002010-05-29T11:44:26.355-07:00Nice to hear someone say as much; I was starting t...Nice to hear someone say as much; I was starting to think it was just me!<br /><br />So far her best (plotwise) has been THE NIGHT VILLA, where she was a little more ambitious and it really paid off; ARCADIA FALLS, however, reads like every plot device she's ever used thrown into a blender. Really tired.<br /><br />And yes, the ending was extremely contrived (the name got stripped from one girl and given to another one... WHY?) but to be honest I stopped believing when a student fell off a bare ledge of rock into a crevasse... and her grieving family did not SUE THE SCHOOL for such a flagrant disregard for health and safety!<br /><br />Hope she breaks out of her safety zone with the next one, because if she publishes another "identikit" novel I won't be reading it.VanDeenoreply@blogger.com