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Mean Spirits | 
 enlarge | Author: Roger Chiocchi
Publisher: iUniverse Star
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 1399127
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 259
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0595228402
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780595228409
ASIN: 0595228402
Publication Date: May 31, 2002
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Product Description
The year is 1620. As the Mayflower tacks about to avoid the dangerous shoals of Pollock Rip off the Cape Cod coast, a young girl mysteriously jumps to her death.Almost four centuries later the psychic imprints of that incident-and a string of related incidents-begin to wreak havoc in the lives of two prominent Americans. A corporate executive sailing in Nantucket Sound is unexpectedly barraged by a violent storm at sea-which no other vessel even detects on radar. A highly respected college professor swears he can see the outline of two large figures hovering over the foot of his bed, one brandishing a knife. Both men have two things in common: They are scions of the privileged Pennfield clan-one of America's great families, claiming an unbroken line back to the Mayflower. And, unbeknownst to them, their strange bouts with the paranormal have just begun. The Pennfields soon realize these encounters are not isolated occurrences, but an orchestration of paranormal events haunting the entire family. Concerned, they enlist the aid of retired construction contractor turned ghost hunter, Ed Swann. In his methodical manner, Swann uncovers a mystery that unravels the dark underside of the Pennfields' cherished lineage-leading them all the way back to the incident on the Mayflower. "Fascinating and haunting narrative...entertaining and enjoyable story."-Tom Crawford, Ghostsource.com "A tantalizing blend of suspense and the paranormal."-Mary Jane Clark, New York Times Bestselling Author
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 FASCINATING April 11, 2006
Although I have been purchasing books from Amazon for seven years this is the first time I have felt compelled to write a review. Why ? Because "Mean Spirits" is one of the most fascinating books I have ever read. This book is full of suspense and keeps you enticed from beginning to end. I found myself wanting to get to the end of the book so that I can get to the bottom of what it all meant yet I was dreading the ending of the book because I had such a good time reading it. I actually did not want to put the book down and even got mad whenever my reading was interruped. Yes, there are the occasionally misspelling of words and I wondered why but this book is so masterful that I promise you will pay little attention to those words.
Excellent Story! - Very Descriptive! June 10, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In short I enjoyed the book very much... I am not a very fast reader as I distract easily, but I read this book in about 3 days (evenings)... Very difficult to put it down... I liked the time sequences... It reminded me a little bit of Pulp Fiction how it 'jumped' around from time period to time period...
The descriptions are fantastic... I could see the settings in my head... Very appealing to my senses... If a movie was put out based on your book, I would NOT see it as I would not want Hollywood to ruin the author's discriptions and my images...
 Kennedy anyone? April 23, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I too noticed some grammatical errors in this manuscript that should not have been there. But that's not the big issue. The points of view in this story kept changing, as well as the flashbacks (too many) and just as soon as you would try to understand one angle you'd be faced with a new one and then at the end you're supposed to be able to fit it all together. The editing was just not as good as it should have been. This also makes me think of another high profile family in the U.S. that has supposedly been "cursed" with evil through the years. Did anyone else draw parallels to that? Jonathan had the greater strength and resolve of the two brothers, but it was amazing how submissive he was when he and brother Chris were engaged in serious conversation. To me Chris had no depth to him, just another spoon fed rich kid intent on keeping his family name intact no matter the consequences.
The Real Deal November 26, 2003
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Mean Spirits is a great, unique and compelling ghost story. I just don't understand what the reviewer from North Carolina was thinking. This book was original, fresh, unique to its genre and sent a tantalizing chill through my spine. The scene where the ghost hunter, Ed Swann, solves an almost century old murder mystery through his ghost hunting techniques and an apparition is truly breakthough. Read it.
 Better luck next time November 5, 2003
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
As someone else has said, I seriously wonder where the editor was on this book. Between grammatical errors which kept me wanting to reach for a pen and use of tedious cliched set ups, reading this book got tiresome very rapidly.In addition, knowing via the characters personalities what was going to happen to whom, when and why almost from the first page made it hard on the reader to stay involved in the story. I really like a little ambiguity in who is good and who is bad - after all that's life - but this did not give it to me. I kept hoping for the "bad character" to be killed off quickly simply to end my annoyance. This was recommended to me as someone who has also purchased A Winter's Haunting by Dan Simmons. Though, A Winter's Haunting is probably the weakest of any of his books that I have read it was still better than this.
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