Book Review: Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator

Author: Jennifer Allison

The story is about a girl, Gilda Joyce, an eccentric teenage girl and (unlike what the title suggest) has no psychic abilities. Ever since her father passed away, she had missed him so much that she had become interested in supernatural happenings. That, and the fact that she had high curiosity and imagination; she decided to follow the career of a psychic investigator.

She pretty much invited herself to her uncle’s house. There, she experienced a lot of unexplainable events. She heard footsteps coming from the locked abandoned tower. And she met her cousin Juliet who told her that she saw her dead aunt’s ghost.  Therefore, Gilda and her cousin worked together to reveal the mystery.

Overall, I like the character Gilda. She is self confident, unique, and imaginative. She also has the spirit inside her to turn things into her way. However, in some events, I find her selfish and rude. But what I like the best is her “communications” with her deceased father. She writes about him and to him. Her grieve is depicted so well, we really get to understand why she chases around ghosts.

The events described are scary enough to give the reader a spook. However, in the end there is no real psychic deduction that solved the mystery. Actually it was solved accidently I felt there was no solution.  So overall, I was kind of disappointed that Gilda is not described as intelligent investigator who actually possesses the ability to solve mysteries.  

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