Snag Poltergeist (Greywalker, #2) Interpreted By Kat Richardson Distributed As Volume

is the second book in the Greywalker series, and like the first, I really enjoyed it, It might be a little above a YA book, due to some romance and some scary parts, but nothing really too graphic, The writing is very good, and the story is fun to read, The author is doing a really good job on character development between the first two books so far, She is also very good at writing a story that keeps your attention and doesn't give everything away too early in the book, It wasn't till the last few sections that we learned who the bad guy was, Now, this is probably known to you, but the main character can walk between our world and the spirit world, and is a private investigator.
What I really love about this book is how she is still learning her basic powers a whole book into the series, I hate the trope that when someone gets powers or changed in some supernatural way, they become experts immediately, Case in point is the Buffy show, While I loved it, any Joe Schmoe who gets turned into a vampire immediately becomes a master of martial arts for the fights with Buffy.
Here Harper not only doesn't know all she can or can't do, but she doesn't even want her powers at times, She doesn't have any real source of first hand information other than a couple who have some knowledge due to studies and the wife being a witch.
The only other information she gets is from a vampire who runs a sex store and peep show, Again, this book is about character development, and it is going nice and slow, that is how I would learn if I was thrust into this world, trial and error, and lots of fear at times, The theme of this book is that Harper is hired to investigate a college study on creating a paranormal entity, based on a faked study from years before.
The professor running it is a total jerk, and wants her to investigate since he thinks that someone is faking the happenings, because they are beyond what he is faking to make the participants think was supernatural.
I know a kind

of weird setup, Then one of the people in the team gets murdered, in a nonhuman way, Harper has to help the police solve the murder, solve what is going on with the study, and solve some of the issues with her own life and work.
And, again, solve some of the questions on what she can do with her powers, We finally come to a end when she dispels the entity that has been created and catches the murderer, I won't say more than that, because I want you to read this book yourself, Again a fun read, and I enjoyed it enough to get the next book in the series, I think my daughter is old enough to read and enjoy this as well, with it not been too adult for her, Young teen ages are fine, but I would not want someone younger than that to read it, just because of some of the themes.
I am really glad the library has this series so I have a good set to read, There arebooks in the series, somore to enjoy, Kat Richardson do povědomí čtenářů vynesla její knižní série Šerochodec, v níž spojuje paranormální prvky, urban fantasy a detektivní žánr.
Kat byla už od dětství vášnivým čtenářem, Začínala knihami a světy C, S. Lewise, Lloyda Alexandra, I. Asimova, A. C. Clarka, R. Heinleina, C. J. Cherryh nebo M. Lackey. Později jejímu srdci učaroval detektivní žánr, Vystudovala novinařinu, což jí dalo potřebný základ pro rozvoj coby spisovatelky,

Zajímavé ovšem je, že s prací začínala v herním průmyslu, Nejsou jí tak cizí takové věci jako je RPG Role Playing Game Hra na hrdiny, ale také filmová scénaristika, či samotná spolupráce při tvorbě her.
Než se vrhla na psaní, získala titul ve zpěvu, pracovala pro rádio a také hrála v divadle, Miluje fretky a žije v Seattlu, kde bydlí i s rodinou na lodi,

Harper má nový případ, Vypadá to, že výzkumná skupina, která má za cíl napodobit Filipův efekt, jej napodobuje tak bravurně, že se jim pomalu začíná vymykat z rukou.
Respektive víra v něco nadpřirozeného, v poltergeista stvořeného jen jejich společnou myslí, nejspíš vytvořila něco, co je začíná pronásledovat.


Jenže když je jeden z členů skupiny, který byl do skupiny nastrčen, aby některým paranormálním úkazům napomohl, nalezen mrtvý ve svém bytu, už nejde jen o výzkum.
Poltergeist se stává živým a může napadnout kteréhokoliv z nich,

Český překlad byl o poznání lepší než v prvním díle, Věty nebyly těžkopádné, nedocházelo k nesrozumitelnému významu slov či jiným krkolomnostem, Sice jsem se tu a tam zastavila u nějaké přesmyčky nebo malé chybičky, ale jinak byl krásně zachován spád děje.


Nemůžu si pomoct, ale Harper mi opravdu připadá jako ledová královna, Ono je trefné, že ji tak někdo v knize dokonce označí, A já nemůžu nic jiného než souhlasit, Někdy mi od Harper chybí jakýkoliv projev citů, Sice tu jsou náznaky, že úplně marná a bez emocí není, ale i přesto mi přijde po většinu času až příliš chladná a zaměřená jen na práci.
Těžko říct, jestli ji takto změnila ona nehoda, díky níž se dostává do Šera, nebo už taková bývala dříve.


Ostatní postavy tohoto dílu se vzájemně s příběhem výborně doplňují, Nikdy tak úplně nemůžete vědět, co vás čeká, Všichni hrají svou hru a trumfy či kostlivce ve škříni odhalují až postupně, Na můj vkus tam bylo málo Quintona, Tak nějak tajně doufám, že by se mezi ním a Harper mohlo dít i něco jiného než jen čistě pracovní vztah.
Myslím, že by to příběh celkově oživilo,

Poltergeist je rozhodně daleko lepší než předchozí díl, Co se týče samotnému příběhu i překladu, Na knize bylo poznat, že autorka hodně zkoumala problematiku poltergeistů a pokusů, Její nashromážděné poznatky tak navodily dosti reálnou atmosféru, která by i bez zmínek o Šeru fungovala poměrně dobře.


Osobně velice příjemné překvapení, Výborná detektivka s příměsí paranormálna, Škoda jen, že se autorka věnuje hlavně rozuzlení příběhu, Sice někdy nakousne něco z Harpeřina osobního života, ukáže i jinou její stránku, přesto se nějaké romance zase tak nedočkáme.
To ale neznamená, že v budoucnu nebude, Uvidíme, necháme se překvapit, Knize tak dávámhvězdičky a těším se na další díl,


Reakce po dočtení knihy
Rozhodně daleko lepší než předchozí díl, Co se týče samotnému příběhu i překladu, Bylo vidět, že autorka hodně zkoumala problematiku poltergeistů a jistých zkoumání, Překvapivě dobrá detektivka s dávkou paranormálna, This is the second book in the Greywalker series, Book"Underground" and book"Vanished" are already out, The fifth book "Labyrinth" is due out in August, Right now there are six books contracted for this series, This book was a great addition to the series, I listened to this on audio book and the audio book was very well done,

Harper Blaine is starting to get better at this Greywalker thing, Then she gets a call from a psychologist who is running a study with a group of people who are supposed to be using their mental energy to create a Poltergeist.
Well the group has either created or summoned something and things are starting to get violent during their seances, The psychologist is convinced that someone in the group is faking the effects and wants Harper to find out who it is, When one of the group members either dies or is murdered the stakes are increased and Harper has to figure out if the happenings are paranormal, normal, or a combination of both.


I really like Harper Blaine as a character, She is definitely not a badass but she is smart, She approaches her cases with a very analytical mind, sets up great plans to solve her cases, and is very practical about it all.
Mira and Ben as the couple that assist Harper with paranormal knowledge are great, and their little two year old boy Brian had me chuckling at his antics a number of times maybe this is because I have a three year old son.
I liked Brian's crazy twoyear old stunts and thought they added some humor to the book,

This book is definitely more of a paranormal mystery than any other genre Harper doesn't really have a love interest in this book and Harper assumes mundane causes before fantastical causes.
A lot of time in this book is spent going into technical details on how ghost phenomena can be faked, Another large chunk of time is spend going into technical detail on how the Grey works, I really enjoyed the technical discussions Richardson has done her home work and I found a lot of the information around the faking of ghost phenomena to be very interesting.
This is a warning to people who don't like this kind of stuff though if you aren't interested in hearing all the intricate details behind the workings of things then this book might not be for you.


I really loved how Richardson has expanded Harper's working with the Grey, I still enjoy the creativity behind the idea of the Grey and the idea of Harper being able to travel through layers of ghostly time is really interesting and adds a whole additional layer to the story.
The story was very engaging, action packed and the writing very readable,

My only complaint with this book was that Harper only had the one case to work on and, at times, her foot work on that case got a bit boring.
It would have been nice to have Harper juggling a couple cases, as she did in the first book, to keep things interesting during the inevitable lulls in the one case.


I enjoyed this book and look forward to listening to the next book of the series on audio book, If you like paranormal mystery that pays special attention to detail when explaining the workings behind the paranormal phenomena then I think you will really love this book.
.