Book: ‘Florida Ghost Stories’ by Robert R. Jones – October 24th, 2017
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Oct.24, 2017, under Books
Florida Ghost Stories by Robert R. Jones
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Author Jones tees off with a book above par. He lays out the intent of telling ghost stories he has collected in north Florida. Then each story begins with some basis written as fact slowly reveling the ghost aspect. The stories are initially familiar to me. But as the book goes along the tales get longer and include more and more dialogue. It becomes obvious that a lot of literary license was taken throughout the book. There are definitely many ghost stories included that have been recorded over time. But all have dialogue imagined by the writer. Most all of these read more as fictional short stories than a recording of actual Florida ghost stories that could be believed.
The above complaint has more to do with packaging than content. The stories are written in an amateurish fashion. But tales are mostly good ones.
Plenty of areas are brought up that are little known to most Floridians. Areas like Archer, Worthington Springs, etc. rarely get mentioned in ANY book of Florida.
Bottom line: I recommend the book – as a a set of fictional short stories. 5 out of 10 points.
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