Siblings return to the house they fled
eighteen years before, called back by the ghost of their long-missing
brother and his haunting request to come home.
Strange things
happen in Fell, New York: A mysterious drowning at the town’s roadside
motel. The unexplained death of a young girl whose body is left by the
railroad tracks. For Violet, Vail, and Dodie Esmie the final straw was
their little brother's shocking disappearance, which started as a normal
game of hide-and-seek.
As their parents grew increasingly
distant, the sisters were each haunted by visions and frightening
events, leading them to leave town and never look back. Violet still
sees dead people—spirits who remind her of Sister, the menacing presence
that terrorized her for years. Now after nearly two decades it’s time
for a homecoming—because Ben is back, and he’s ready to lead them to the
answers they’ve longed for and long feared.
What I thought about A Box Full of Darkness
Three siblings return home to find their brother who disappeared years ago. What happened to beloved Ben? How could he have disappeared without a trace? Violet, Vale and Dodie have some theories about what happened to Ben almost twenty years ago that they will have to face when they return home to Fell NY.
The town is probably the creepiest part of this story. Weird things have happened there, usually involving the death of someone. There were just too much bad going on in this town. I really didn't understand why anyone lived there!
The story focuses on current day, and is told in multiple points of view, with flashbacks to the siblings unhappy childhood. It seemed like Ben was the only good thing in their lives, among the nightmares and bad parenting. Violet sees dead people, Vail has alien problems and Dodie is just strange. These characters are the most likable characters, but they are interesting with respect to how the horrors of this house scarred them for life.
Speaking of the Esmie parents, they really aren't part of the story besides there being much verbal animosity toward them by the siblings, and I was left with quite a few questions about them and their involvement with Ben in the end.
There was a nice build-up to the very tense climax, and I did like that the author let us know what happened to them afterward. I do wish we had
Overall, this was a tense paranormal mystery with some horror elements. I found the pace to be even and engaging and I read this book rather quickly, which I really like. If you are looking for something a little chilling, you might like this.
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