It’s almost never overtly religious, and neither is The Midnight Club it’s more an examination of possible afterlives, questioned by the people who are most likely to be deeply concerned about that issue: the dying. It’s one of his sadder and less frightening novels, but it’s a prime example of the blend of philosophy and spiritualism that permeates his work. Thoughts: This has long been one of my favorite Christopher Pike novels, and I was excited to reread it in preparation for the upcoming Netflix show. Trigger warnings: character death, child death, suicide, overdose, guns/mass shootings, drug/alcohol use, terminal illnesses, cancer, AIDS, paralysis, amputation, grief, guilt. They make a pact that the first among them to die will try to contact the others from the afterlife. ‘Found’ because she had loved him at first sight, and 'lost’ because he was obviously a patient and was presumably going to die.”Ībout: Rotterdam Hospice is a place for teenagers with terminal illnesses, and it’s home to The Midnight Club, where five teens meet at midnight to share scary stories. “In that minute, Ilonka both found and lost something precious, a friend more dear than all the gems in all the wide world.
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