That Night in the Library by Eva Jurczyk

 

Like many readers and reviewers of this on the Internet, I just could not make out what the story claimed to be apart from the obvious. 

The book is about seven students who get invited to a gathering in the basement of their University's rare books library. A mysterious place. A sacred place. Nobody was allowed to enter the library after closing time but, that's a good premise to perform a ritual. A seance of sorts. If it were to call spirits, seeking advice or wanting to talk to a loved one, I would probably have considered it. But, this ritual was going to address how to be rid of fear of death. This was too far fetched to make sense to me. Who really indulges in Greek chanting to invoke the Gods?!

Unfortunately, what started out to be celebration of winning over fear, turned turtle. The lights go out and one of the students falls dead. But, it does not stop there. More will follow. Is there a killer on the prowl or is it just some ghostly presence taking advantage of the situation. Something has to be done to stop this before it gets out of hand. 

I was expecting quite a bit from a library set up. The characters were boring and I just could not relate to them; they sounded morose making the library such a dreary place to be. 

I jumped tracks to complete the audiobook. Unfortunately, I would not recommend it. I hate to explain that I am not dismissive of authors and appreciate their hard work to put thoughts and plots to paper, but there only that much patience one can have. Also, it's sacrilege to give a 1 star rating.