“Skeptic meets psychic. Jack Finch is a ghost hunter on the webshow "The Ghost Checkers", currently threatened with cancellation by their production company if views don't increase. To save their show, the team enlists the help of a popular YouTube psychic named Cecil Cooper. The only problem? Jack hates psychics. When Cecil relays the prophecy that Jack must accept things as they are or lose something dear, Jack must either fight against his very nature, or risk losing everything he loves.”
For the most part, I think Jack Finch Believes in Ghosts is actually a good idea that somehow forgets its premise as it goes along. So this started out pretty good, but weirdly, I continued through, I realized there is a lack of ghost hunting in a book about ghost hunting.
There is some self-reflection on my part here, as well. Jack is an asshole most of time, I often wondered why such a skeptic (there is no such things as demons) did a show like this. I could identify with some of Jack’s issues, some of ways he acts towards his co-workers and friends, but I hope I’m not seen so horribly as the way Connor Bryan writes him. Also, the crew that helps them is weirdly underdeveloped and seem shallow and more concerned with views on their Youtube Channel.
The love story here, between Jack and Cecil is okay – even if a bit unrealistic. It comes across as rather obvious, though I did appreciate that they never really ended up together until the end – after significant time apart.
What ultimately fails is the ending. Connor Bryan creates a crazy “villain” by the name of Caty – a fan who has zero boundaries. There is no real desire to make her less crazy, or even attempt to explore her craziness. She’s in and out the book because she’s required to be there to move the tale forward. I mean, she shows up at a meet and great, sexually harasses Jack and nothing comes of it. Like how does this happen in today’s world? She has spent years stalking him, sending texts, and by the end, threatening to end his career if he goes public with his relationship with Cecil (because she believes Jack is her boyfriend). To me, with what she’s done would involve a injunction against her. And what happens after her threats gets Ghost Checkers canceled? Nothing. All we get is an epilogue set 12 months later where everyone has moved on, because Caty won.
That really ruins what was only a so-so romance novel. And I can’t forgive Connor Bryan for ending her book this way.
Glad I only spent dollar on it.
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