"they are not alone and the past is very much alive." THIS. "A party that tried to explore the town years ago was never heard from again." Did I miss this part? When did this happen? Can someone help me out with this because I seriously can't remember? Did no one think to search for them in the mine? Aside from the disappearance (which seriously should have been solved decades before the book took place since the townspeople are, you know, right in the freakin' mountain) there is nothing about the town to suggest its haunted.
"as the town is rumored to be haunted." No it isn't. They could have been a plumber and his monkey assistant and it wouldn't have made a damn difference. These characters serve no purpose other than dying. "With them is a psychic, and a paranormal photographer" Red herrings. "Not a single bone was ever found." What about the preacher who is left buried in the snow? What about the boy who is shot dead by Harriet in chapter 1? Now that I've read the book, I can see all of the misleading BS in this paragraph. What this crew is about to discover is that twenty miles from civilization, with a blizzard bearing down, they are not alone, and the past is very much alive." A party that tried to explore the town years ago was never heard from again. With them is a psychic, and a paranormal photographer-as the town is rumored to be haunted. One hundred thirteen years later, two backcountry guides are hired by a history professor and his journalist daughter to lead them into the abandoned mining town so that they can learn what happened. "On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman and child in a remote gold mining town disappeared, belongings forsaken, meals left to freeze in vacant cabins and not a single bone was ever found. It is the ultimate bait-and-switch that hints at supernatural elements that just aren't there. My biggest issue with this book is its description. After abandoning "Run" and finishing his "Pines" Trilogy, I think this will be the last I read of Blake Crouch for a long time.
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