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Ghost Whisperer #3
Ghost Trap
Since she was a little girl, Melinda Gordon could talk to the "earthbound spirits" as her grandmother called them. Melinda came to understand that the spirits are trapped, and in need. She listens, tries to understand what keeps them from crossing over, and helps them find what they need to be free. It's not easy, but with time and patience her gift allows her to come to bring those spirits to peace. The sound of a mournful lullaby has been haunting Melinda in her sleep, the song of a ghost who doesn't seem ready or willing to accept her help. Knowing that earthbound spirits are often confused and troubled, Melinda feels that with time she will make a connection. But there is no time; the melodic tapestry that the ghostly singer is weaving with her words -- meant to comfort a child -- has become a trap, lulling the young listeners into such a deep sleep that no one can ever awaken them. It takes one child, then another and another, until all across the town children are drawn in by the gentle song, their lives slowly slipping away. Even Melinda, with her knowledge of the spirit world, finds herself being pulled into the beautiful snare, where she nearly loses herself. Only then does Melinda begin to worry that this is a spirit so troubled, so heartsick, that it may be beyond her help.
369 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 14, 2009
About the author
Doranna Durgin
115 books227 followersDoranna Durgin is an award-winning author (the Compton Crook for Best First SF/F/H novel) whose quirky spirit has led to an extensive and eclectic publishing journey across genres, publishers, and publishing lines. Beyond that, she hangs around outside her Southwest mountain home with horse and highly accomplished competition dogs. She doesn't believe in mastering the beast within, but in channeling its power--for good or bad has yet to be decided! She says, “My books are SF/F, mystery, paranormal romance, & romantic suspense. My world is the Southwest, and my dogs are Beagles!”
Doranna’s most recent releases encompass the three books of the Reckoners trilogy--a powerful ghostbuster raised by a spirit, her brilliantly eccentric backup team, a cat who isn't a cat, and a fiercely driven bounty hunter from a different dimension who brings them together when worlds collide.
Doranna’s most recent releases encompass the three books of the Reckoners trilogy--a powerful ghostbuster raised by a spirit, her brilliantly eccentric backup team, a cat who isn't a cat, and a fiercely driven bounty hunter from a different dimension who brings them together when worlds collide.
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May 9, 2011
I love to watch the show "Ghost Whisperer". Reading the books lets me see what I can't see on TV. I've read two of these books and really enjoyed getting to know Melinda and Jim better. Some might think these books will be too scary to read but they are not. The story is touching, loving and funny at times.
September 19, 2019
Hoy os traigo la primera novela de la serie Entre fantasmas (Ghost Whisperer), que a pesar de ser un libro independiente de la serie de televisión, se puede coger el hilo de la serie o al revés, ya que esta ambientado sobre la segunda temporada.
Duerme, mi niño, y la paz te envolverá
Durante toda la noche,
Angelitos de la guarda Dios te enviará,
Durante toda la noche...
Colinas y valles en tus sueños, dormido
Por mí, mi querido tesoro, siéntete guarecido
Durante toda la noche...
La melodía nocturna te susurrará
Durante toda la noche,
Duerme, mi niño, y la paz te envolverá
Durante toda la noche,
Angelitos de la guarda Dios te enviará,
Durante toda la noche...
Dulcemente, las horas sonmolientas van aumentando,
Valles y colinas sumidas en un profundo sueño,
Mi amorosa vigilia te protegerá,
Durante toda la noche.
Tenemos a Melinda intentando ayudar a las almas errantes, ya que no han ido hacía la luz y se quedan en este mundo puesto que la mayoría tienen cosas pendientes, y en este caso, en la novela que nos ocupa, tenemos a una mujer que canta una preciosa canción de cuna, que como el Flautista de Hamelin con su flauta, atrapa en sus redes a quien la escucha. Melinda tan sensible a los espíritus también la oye y por desgracia cree no tiene poder suficiente para poder ayudar a los niños.
Por otro lado tenemos un cuarteto de música que no puede hablar y sólo con sus canciones intentan ponerse en contacto con ella, cosa que más de una vez hace que la pobre Melinda pierda los estribos.
Y el terrorífico accidente de tráfico el cual sufrirá en sus carnes debido a sus visiones, hacen la apasionante trama, pero no esta sola, siempre a su lado, cuenta con la ayuda de su flamante marido, Jim, sus amigos y el molesto profesor Payne.
Cuando se lee una novela basada en una serie de televisión nos viene a la cabeza a los protagonistas, y en esta ocasión, os aseguro que me he sentido estando frente a mi televisor mirando a Jennifer Love Hewitt, así que debo de reconocer que la personalidad de los personajes es tal y como se ve en la serie, cosa que se agradece para los fans de Ghost Wisperer.
Si eres un admirador de esta serie y te apetece vivir una nueva aventura de Melinda Gordon, este libro te sabrá a gloria! Por favor, en los comentarios, abstenerse de poner spoilers sobre la serie de televisión, más que nada por si hay alguien que no la ha visto. Muchísimas gracias.
Y por el contrario si no tienes ni idea de que programa te estoy hablando, pero quieres leer algo paranormal pero de contenido adulto, este libro seguro que te encantará.
La canción de cuna, Durante la noche (All through the night), es una canción galesa a finales del siglo XVII.
La reproducción en Español, la he sacado del libro, si me he equivocado, es culpa mía.
October 23, 2017
No synopsis. I enjoyed the main plot of the singing ghost that lures children into a coma. I think Durgin does a fine job with Melinda's ghost encounters and the segments where she experiences 'visions'. She does well with descriptions and detail so the reader gets an excellent sense & picture of what Melinda experiences and feels.
She has a wonderful handle on the voices of each character. Dialogue sounds believable and their actions are true to what the writers & actors have brought to us on screen. Particular kudos to Durgin on the men in the GW universe. Jim, Ned & Rick Payne were especially well done. I found myself laughing while reading the Rick Payne scenes. Totally captured his ramblings & personality.
It seems with the few GW tie-in novels out there, the authors like to bring in multiple ghosts & subplots that all tie together in the end. This is a departure from the show's normal one ghost situation. While in itself this isn't bad, it sometimes stretches plausibility. In fact, quite often it bogs the story down & makes the read...cluttered.
One of the biggest complaints I have with this book & Durgin's other GW book "Revenge", is that the author goes on & on & on with visions or ghost encounters with Melinda & we find out no more information than we did before. Then all of a sudden, in the last 20% of the book, "Wham!", we gets tons of information about the ghost, what's going on, what they need to move on, etc. I would rather see 100 fewer pages & have the plot actually move along & have a tighter cohesiveness. While description & detail are a strength for Durgin it's also a weakness. There seems to be so much time devoted to describing what Melinda's wearing and it has no bearing on the story. I find this irritating.
I liked this better than "Revenge" but not as well as Steven Piziks "Plague Room". If you're a fan of the show, you'll enjoy it for the fandom aspect. Based on that...recommend.
She has a wonderful handle on the voices of each character. Dialogue sounds believable and their actions are true to what the writers & actors have brought to us on screen. Particular kudos to Durgin on the men in the GW universe. Jim, Ned & Rick Payne were especially well done. I found myself laughing while reading the Rick Payne scenes. Totally captured his ramblings & personality.
It seems with the few GW tie-in novels out there, the authors like to bring in multiple ghosts & subplots that all tie together in the end. This is a departure from the show's normal one ghost situation. While in itself this isn't bad, it sometimes stretches plausibility. In fact, quite often it bogs the story down & makes the read...cluttered.
One of the biggest complaints I have with this book & Durgin's other GW book "Revenge", is that the author goes on & on & on with visions or ghost encounters with Melinda & we find out no more information than we did before. Then all of a sudden, in the last 20% of the book, "Wham!", we gets tons of information about the ghost, what's going on, what they need to move on, etc. I would rather see 100 fewer pages & have the plot actually move along & have a tighter cohesiveness. While description & detail are a strength for Durgin it's also a weakness. There seems to be so much time devoted to describing what Melinda's wearing and it has no bearing on the story. I find this irritating.
I liked this better than "Revenge" but not as well as Steven Piziks "Plague Room". If you're a fan of the show, you'll enjoy it for the fandom aspect. Based on that...recommend.
September 3, 2021
Book read for #BookSpinBingo & #AnyWayYouReadathon (Litsy); #SummerweenReadathon (YouTube)
Melinda has a gift, she can talk to the dead. Her mission is to understand what keep them from crossover and she will help them to see the light so they can crossover, this is basically what the synopsis say in the book. In this book, little girls in the town are listening a mournful lullaby that put them in a coma state. Melinda can hear the lullaby too. But she also sees a quartet singing only to her. Are these cases connected? Could she discover why all these ghosts cannot crossover?
It was okay story but I since enjoyed the tv series, I wanted to read the book. It was connected again with the characters and this world. I don’t know if the tv show came first or the book. This is not the first book in the series but since I was familiar with this world, it was not difficult to follow the story. 3.4⭐️.
Melinda has a gift, she can talk to the dead. Her mission is to understand what keep them from crossover and she will help them to see the light so they can crossover, this is basically what the synopsis say in the book. In this book, little girls in the town are listening a mournful lullaby that put them in a coma state. Melinda can hear the lullaby too. But she also sees a quartet singing only to her. Are these cases connected? Could she discover why all these ghosts cannot crossover?
It was okay story but I since enjoyed the tv series, I wanted to read the book. It was connected again with the characters and this world. I don’t know if the tv show came first or the book. This is not the first book in the series but since I was familiar with this world, it was not difficult to follow the story. 3.4⭐️.
June 26, 2018
Melinda Gordon, Ghost Whisperer, loving wife, busybody, detective, and sometimes victim from several levels and panes of existence. This story captured the characters from the TV series, with the dialogue being spot on, especially Delia.
The only thing I really didn't like was the constant reminder of the vintage clothing collection that Melinda likes to play dress up in. I couldn't really picture some of the outfits, although I tried, and the very long descriptions didn't help.
I thought the cute goodbye by the child ghost was well done, but my favorite was the elevator ghost! Worth reading just for that!
The only thing I really didn't like was the constant reminder of the vintage clothing collection that Melinda likes to play dress up in. I couldn't really picture some of the outfits, although I tried, and the very long descriptions didn't help.
I thought the cute goodbye by the child ghost was well done, but my favorite was the elevator ghost! Worth reading just for that!
October 23, 2018
I found 3 Ghost Whisperer books when out thrifting a few months ago and raced through the other two, so by the time I got to this one, I think I had hit fatigue with the idea of the show. I limped through to the end, but it was a while ago and I honestly can't remember what it was about - apologies to the writer!
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May 12, 2020
This book had a really good plot. Melinda had more than one ghost to deal with and none of them were helping her much in trying to figure out what they needed to cross over into the light. When area little girls start falling seriously ill because they are being affected like Melinda is by the lullaby one of the ghosts are singing, she enlists help from others to her.
January 5, 2018
It's a true book about how she sees ghosts and can help them when they go to bed for help and crosses them over to the light.
October 11, 2009
The problem I always have with reading any kind of media tie-in novel is of course that if I'm not familiar with the source material, chances are high that I'm not going to know who any of the characters are going in, or what the setup of the world is supposed to be. But, that given, Doranna Durgin's Ghost Whisperer novel Ghost Trap does a good job giving a newcomer reader just enough data to get the idea.
I'm a big fan of Durgin's work. I prefer her fantasy novels, but was pleased to see here that even when playing in somebody else's universe, she can still deliver a story with substance. Melinda Gordon, the "ghost whisperer" of the title, must track down why the children in her small town are all mysteriously falling into comas--and at the same time, what happened to the members of a deceased barbershop quartet who are following her around.
The ghostly characters, both the main ones driving the plot and periodic side characters that show up to aid Melinda in her seeking, are by far the stars of the action. Especially the quartet, who are awesome. By contrast, the flesh-and-blood regulars are almost inconsequential--at least to me as a reader; I figure that fans of the show will be better able to judge how well those characters are portrayed. I did like the chemistry Durgin had between Melinda and her husband Jim, though. Three stars.
I'm a big fan of Durgin's work. I prefer her fantasy novels, but was pleased to see here that even when playing in somebody else's universe, she can still deliver a story with substance. Melinda Gordon, the "ghost whisperer" of the title, must track down why the children in her small town are all mysteriously falling into comas--and at the same time, what happened to the members of a deceased barbershop quartet who are following her around.
The ghostly characters, both the main ones driving the plot and periodic side characters that show up to aid Melinda in her seeking, are by far the stars of the action. Especially the quartet, who are awesome. By contrast, the flesh-and-blood regulars are almost inconsequential--at least to me as a reader; I figure that fans of the show will be better able to judge how well those characters are portrayed. I did like the chemistry Durgin had between Melinda and her husband Jim, though. Three stars.
May 11, 2010
I like to give every book its fair chance, but I am NOT a fan of Durgin's writing style. I mean, I suppose the plot was well-conceived, but not stunning. The ending wasn't even a surprise. I guess my main "problem" with the book was that I don't think Durgin managed to pull off the "witty dialogue" that is such a big part of the show - it just sounded corny in this book. I much preferred Piziks' Plague Room, but that's the only other Ghost Whisperer novel I've read.
January 29, 2010
i love this book especially when she gets the ghost that she is tryingto go into the light intot he light. It is just so emotional. Her job is to help the ghost that have un finished buisness with the living go into the light. I adore these series.
September 10, 2011
Excellent book. Jamie the main character shows intelligence, honor and he is ethical. The story takes place in a small lobster town in Maine. Not only is the story good but the descriptions of the local like is very good.
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January 9, 2010Amazon preorder,Amazon received
April 17, 2011
I enjoyed reading it
it was a light read. Enjoyable and worth a read. though not a book that I would endeavour to reread
it was a light read. Enjoyable and worth a read. though not a book that I would endeavour to reread
July 19, 2011
4,5/5
September 15, 2011
this book is really interesting and fun to read and the episodes are cool too...:)
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February 24, 2013i didnt read it cause it dont let me
March 14, 2016
It was much like watching an episode: the characters, the type of plot, the structure, and the tone. Loved it!
December 6, 2010
Love the television show and love the books.
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