GothicHospital
LothianBooks
YA Fiction 2001
224p pbk $14.95
0-7344-0232-5
GothicHospital is written by Gary Crew and published byLothian books. It is set in a dark Pennsylvanian landscape with all thespin-offs that a gothic novel can have and still be good. The main character isJohnny. He likes to read gothic books with lots of black and white pictures in agothic style, then one day he gets sucked in and finds himself on a train togothic hospital. There he meets Zac Lazarus and Jasmine.Together they embark ona quest to find Johnnys dad and stop the evil doctor Gorman.
The book hasa feel of dank despair and is quite intriguing yet also fast paced with a lot oftwists and turns. Gary Crew has tried to write a gothic style book and hassucceeded!
Sam, Year 10, Canberra, ACT
