Part ghost stories, part armchair history. Some of the entries were a little disjointed, but it was an entertaining read anyway.

I don't miss living in Providence, though. ( )

I loved the pictures (and there were lots of them) and the author writes in a friendly fashion. That said, though, I felt a bit like the book was dashed off to the printer without a lot of meat to it... For example, there are two houses described in the book as SHOULD be haunted, but aren't. And they otherwise aren't necessarily all that interesting, other than looking like they should be haunted. Huh. Sorry, don't care that a house looks haunted but isn't. Put a story in about a house that IS haunted, or otherwise particularly strange and noteworthy. "Haunted Providence" should contain haunted house stories, not should-be-haunted house stories.

Not a terrible book, just didn't feel particularly well researched, and rather self-serving (like maybe the not-haunted houses are included because flak would be had if they weren't included, like "hey- I told you about a creepy house and you didn't look into it?" The author is also a Providence tour guide to the creepy, so maybe pressure was on to crank out a book? Just didn't satisfy, and I've read A LOT of these. ( )