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Threats
by Amelia Gray (Goodreads Author)
by Amelia Gray (Goodreads Author)
Kate's review
Mar 20, 12
Recommended for:
fans of Amelia Gray's short fiction
Read from March 05 to 20, 2012 — I own a copy
*sigh* I was really hoping this would be a book that I could give 5 stars to, but alas I cannot.
The book started off fantastically with minute details regarding David and Franny's life together in the style of AM/PM which I loved. I liked how Amelia took me down the dark path of grief insanity in a really unique fashion, showing that we all have the curse of mortality and there's nothing we can do, but stave it off for short periods of time.
Even as the threats started showing up and things took a more bizarre turn (similar to the style of Museum of the Weird), I was intrigued by how the story would end. I was literally hanging on every word.
However, the ending just didn't deliver the punch I was hoping for. When I put down the book I felt empty and sad. Maybe that was the point, but I didn't really care for it.
All in all, I'm really glad I read Ms. Gray's first novel and am still intrigued to see what she will come up with next.
The book started off fantastically with minute details regarding David and Franny's life together in the style of AM/PM which I loved. I liked how Amelia took me down the dark path of grief insanity in a really unique fashion, showing that we all have the curse of mortality and there's nothing we can do, but stave it off for short periods of time.
Even as the threats started showing up and things took a more bizarre turn (similar to the style of Museum of the Weird), I was intrigued by how the story would end. I was literally hanging on every word.
However, the ending just didn't deliver the punch I was hoping for. When I put down the book I felt empty and sad. Maybe that was the point, but I didn't really care for it.
All in all, I'm really glad I read Ms. Gray's first novel and am still intrigued to see what she will come up with next.
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Quotes Kate Liked
“No domestic dispute between Franny and David had inspired the removal of their wedding rings. She would take hers off at work when she was giving scalp massages. Once she thought she had lost the ring, but she found it in the treatment room on a candleholder David had made for her during a personal failure of a pottery class he had taken the year he lost his job. After she found her ring, she started leaving it at home.”
― Amelia Gray, Threats
― Amelia Gray, Threats
“It was hard to admit that those days were over, but it was hard to admit that any days were over, that the days themselves didn't stretch like pulled taffy and sag to the floor.”
― Amelia Gray, Threats
― Amelia Gray, Threats
Reading Progress
| 03/05/2012 | page 21 |
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8.0% | "Yes, it has finally arrived! I can't wait to read it, sorry other books this one takes presidence..." |
| 03/07/2012 | page 51 |
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18.0% | "Excellent book Amelia! I am really getting into this one." |
| 03/15/2012 | page 215 |
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77.0% | "I've been savoring this book because it's just that excellent!" |
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Feb 02, 2012 09:29am
I can't wait! I pre-ordered this a while back. Super excited!
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Hey Joshua, thanks for the comment and your wonderful enthusiasm about this book! I must admit, I'm pretty stoked that this one will be a full length novel because I think she's totally proved she can write short stories like no other. If you don't mind my asking where did you pre-order from?
I'll definitely have to go there and do the same. Thank you. I LOVED Am/Pm and thoughtMuseum of the Weird was well done too, even though I didn't like it quite as much. However, I must admit I did enjoy reading your reviews of both books :)
The second half let you down too? I wish she could have kept the feel of the first half, but like you mentioned, maybe that's the point. I guess I was waiting for some out of left field ending that would account for his strange behavior in the beginning in a Museum Of the Weird style, but alas.
