Everyone in the story has a diabolical past and that could be probably because of their own actions and karma. The characterization is beautiful but each character is shown in a grey light (only). The 150 odd pages (towards the end) became tiring after a point. While this is definitely a positive point, it became a turn off for me because I was left with too many knots to untie by the time I reached mid-way through the story. Honestly, however hard I tried, I couldn’t predict the end. What stuck with me throughout the narrative was the unpredictability of the characters, the precision and time of the events, the mapping of alternate scenarios and the overall web that the author weaves where I found myself lost. While the unknown ‘ghost’ plays several moves to cause fear, panic and honest revelations to take place, the four friends come together after a long break of twenty years to solve the mystery surrounding Sania’s death.
Katherine, Anjali, Natasha and Riya were busy in their own personal struggles when someone from the past decided to dig the dirt that lay under the pretentious smiles and laudable success of these four friends. Revolving around the lives of four friends who end up playing a game of Ouija one night and the death of one of the participants the same night, this story is a total roller coaster ride, for it never gives you a chance to predict what happens. Hence, when I first chanced upon the blurb of ‘That Night’, its relation with the occult and the element of surprise seemed quite promising. Weaving a paranormal account into a thriller is no ordinary feat.
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