|  | Author: Mary Roach
Creator: Bernadette Quigley
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Unabridged
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Rating:  110 reviews
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Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.3 x 1.4
Dewey Decimal Number: 129
ASIN: B00127OJHU
Publication Date: October 10, 2005
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 the worst in pseudo-journalism September 2, 2008
Tara Gellene
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I would agree with several other reviewers who note that Mary Roach is clearly ignorant of her subject, if it were true that the subject of this book was contemporary para-scientific research. In fact the subject of this book is Mary Roach, whose attempt to be familiar and conversational becomes unbearably irritating in the first chapter when she jokes lamely about being too progressive to wear a sari kindly offered to her by the Dr she has asked to interview--and this amidst several pages of complaining about the traffic in India (what is this book about again?). I tried to skim to the bits where she was simply describing what she was told or what she saw by paranormal investigators, but it's tough to find a paragraph unencumbered by her offensively provincial commentary. A shame that such an interesting subject was swallowed up in the writer's self-involvement. Unreadable.
 I expected more August 23, 2008
Minda Powers Douglas (Moline, IL)
I had high expectations for this book. But it ended up reminding me of Christine Wicker's "Lily Dale" book. And I didn't like that one. She seemed more prone to wanting to be witty and a non-believer than some one open to the paranormal. It was not what I expected from Roach at all.
 FANTASTIC - and hysterical August 19, 2008
S. Caldwell (Portland, Oregon)
Better than Stiff and I thought Stiff was great. Mary Roach is someone I'd like to have to dinner. What a great sense of topic and humor. I can't wait to read Bonk.
awsome book August 17, 2008
Andrew J. Covell (CT)
Mary Roach is an excellent author of three books. This book is a great examination of the "unknown" component of the afterlife. The scientific slant is very weighty, but Roach adds a great deal of humor and her own take of her beliefs.
 Life after Stiff August 16, 2008
lochnessa7 (Half Hollow Hills, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Interesting topic, and the logical follow-up to her previous book, Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. But I thought the title "Spook" was rather misleading; perhaps "Soul" or "Spirit" would have been more apt. And that misnomer lead to my greatest frustration with the book, I thought it would be more about ghosts, hauntings, that side of the afterlife. Roach's quips are out in-force in this book, more than the gently humor she shows in STiff, and the book is actually less enjoyable as a result. Her humor is always biting, but seldom appropriate and often distracting. Still, the majority of the book, about 70%, was highly entertaining and educational.
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