Cee's review
The Opposite of Life (Book 1)
by Narrelle M. Harris (Goodreads author!)
Cee's review
The Opposite of Life (Book 1) by Narrelle M. Harris (Goodreads author!)
Cee's review
rating:
bookshelves:
australian-author,
fantasy
I was convinced to buy this by a persuasive bookseller at a sci-fi bookstore in Melbourne ("it's by a local author and it's actually good!"). I really enjoyed it - the Melbourne setting is very cool. Harris does good vampires - I really liked that drinking blood keeps their brains more active. I'd never really thought about it before, but duh, unless you're bringing magic into the equation, if your brain is dead how well is that really going to work?
Lissa, the main character, is excellent - I loved the aspect of a character with terrible pain in their life being so attracted to the idea of an eternal, rather numb life. Plus, nerdy librarian heroine - I like.
There were some aspects of the ending which I didn't really like, mostly the part with her mother. Oh, and I had thought it was a stand-alone novel - it certainly reads fine as a stand-alone, but there's sequels! Excitin
Lissa, the main character, is excellent - I loved the aspect of a character with terrible pain in their life being so attracted to the idea of an eternal, rather numb life. Plus, nerdy librarian heroine - I like.
There were some aspects of the ending which I didn't really like, mostly the part with her mother. Oh, and I had thought it was a stand-alone novel - it certainly reads fine as a stand-alone, but there's sequels! Excitin
