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    Wednesday, April 23, 2008
    BOOK REVIEW : THE LEGEND OF LADY LONG NECK

    Title: Mr Midnight The Legend of Lady Long Neck
    Author: James Lee
    Year of when the book was published: 2007
    Publisher: Angsana Books (an imprint of FLAME OF THE FOREST PUBLISHING Pte Ltd)ISBN: 978-981-4193-20-7
    Price of the book: $6.31
    Country it is published: Singapore

    To anyone who loves to read ghost and mystery stuff, let us start to get chilled to the bone…
    The story is about a ghost LADY LONG NECK named Victoria who had died a hundred years ago. She has a neck that is SIX TIMES LONGER than any other neck and it somehow seemed stretched. The ghost knew Ferlyn and therefore wanted them to help her. They tried to escape at first but were trapped. They therefore listened to what the ghost had to say. The ghost was killed by her husband on her birthday when she was young. She wanted them to avenge for her death and find her final peace. Her husband, who was a member of the Undead in the Afterlife, has turned into an evil spirit. He tried to stop and destroy Lady Long Neck. Therefore she needed their help to complete her task to warn those who are going to Die by the Neck-anyone who is going to be killed accidentally or strangled to death, so that she can obtain her final peace. Her evil husband came to stop the children from helping Lady Long Neck by threatening them that he will kill them the same way he killed Lady Long Neck. However, he failed to do so and was seized and carried by the Avengers of the Undead into a blazing furnace, where the avenging creatures prodded him into the flames. Lady Long Neck has been granted final peace. She thanked the children and went to reunite with her family. The main characters were Ferlyn and her friends, Victoria, also known as Lady Long Neck and Victoria’s evil husband. I think that Ferlyn and her friends were brave and bold enough to help Lady Long Neck despite their lives being threatened by Victoria’s evil husband. I think that Victoria was very pitiful because she wanted to have final peace but was stopped by her evil husband who hanged her when she was alive. She wanted to achieve final peace by trying to warn those who will be hanged or strangled to death but the people were too frightened to listen to her. So, she has to obtain her final peace by the help of Ferlyn and her friends. Her husband was very cold-blooded and cruel and even merciless because even after death, he still would not want to let Victoria have final peace. My favourite character is Ferlyn because she is smart, kind and helpful although she is timid. I do feel like I’m Ferlyn not because I’m trying to say that I’m smart, but because I am kind, helpful and rather timid.

    I like this book simply because I love ghost stories and mystery. In addition, the book is a very good book because the stories are not only creepy but interesting.My favourite part in the book is the part where Ferlyn tries to warn a person from being strangled or hanged to death. She knew that the person was going to die either by hanging or by strangling and was trying to warn him and even save him so that Victoria could have her final peace. My least favourite part of the book is where the evil husband of Victoria tries to threaten the kids that he will kill them if they helped Victoria. If I could change any part of the book, I would like to change the part where her husband was evil but is not a member of a powerful evil force (the Undead) so that he cannot do anything to Victoria. I would also like to change the part where he was being carried to a blazing furnace, where the avenging creatures prodded him into the flames. I want to change it to even harsher punishment because he deserved a much harsher one. For instance, his spirit was never reincarnated after being carried into the furnace and was prodded by the avenging creatures.

    I strongly recommend those who like to read ghost stories or mystery stories to read this book because you will really get chilled to your bone by the stories that they have. Those who are mystery lovers and ghost stories lovers or a combination of these two, you will definitely like this book.

    Reviewed by: Beh Shi Li, library student, class 4EN.
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