Unconventional ghosthunting - don't try this at home. No seriously.

As a longtime sufferer of insomnia - this book hits different. I mean at least this kid's subconscious mind takes over and drags his corporeal form around on eery terrifying adventures. Me, I'm stuck thinking, thinking and thinking. About what, you ask. Hell if I know, I once spent an hour thinking about the the innovation that lead to soft serve consistency which of course led me to google the invention of ice-cream timeline - at 2am. Suffice it to say, Dream/Sandman refuses to come drop some sleep in my eyes (I mean is he still stuck in the dungeon in the basement or what? What's his excuse?) So now I just read.

I digress, back to the kid who sleepwalks; Junior. His approach to observing the ghost of his father during one of his sleepwalking episodes is to go digging around for evidence of the paranormal occurrence in a structured, logical way which includes enlisting the help of his little brother on a measuring mission. I mean - color me impressed. I have yet to begin the hallucination phase of insomnia but I would hope I'd be as headstrong as this kid. No promises.

Plot/Storyline: The eery build up is punctuated so well by the presence of Dino and the potential presence of one particular spirit/ghost/apparition/otherworldy imprint/maybe zombie.
Characters: His father in death and in life is tragic. That was a whole person caught in the net of societal immobility on the Reservation. We never meet him but through Res-lore, our narrator's childhood memories and some horrifying subtext I can't help but mourn this character that’s how you talk about dead people, though, especially dead Indians. It’s all about squandered potential, not actual accomplishments. (Junior on his father)
Favorite scene: Junior on his second attempt at locating that elusive spirit/ghost/being/thing At 2:43, the skin on the outside of each of my feet started to tingle and pinprick. I hotfooted it back and forth without thinking, then just stood there looking down at what was happening. Circulation. It was ruining everything.
Favorite Concept: Deadfooting it to the next world. I'm a sucker for Otherworlds on this plane. So yeah, I want to test this theory. But how? I don't sleepwalk. How do I translate insomnia into the walk of the one's passed out soo deep that their hidden self takes over the motor functions? Might just be easier to summon a sleep paralysis demon.

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