Eleanor by Jason Gurley

     If you love books that take you to worlds unparalleled, this is the one for you.  The story is saddening and frustrating, but only because you find yourself invested in such a weirdly, beautiful story.  You become engrossed and want things to occur in a particular manner, but when it doesn't, you ache for the main character, Eleanor.

     This story,  Eleanor  by Jason Gurley, is heart-wrenching...      Eleanor is the story of five people and two entities.  All of them come together, converging around one girl who's half of herself.  A Twin.  Eleanor, is the surviving sister of an accident and she's  broken.  Her twin, Esme, the dead twin and Eleanor's other half, is trapped... someplace else.  All she wants is to get home, but can she?  Can Eleanor help her get there?  And who is with her while she tries to break through to the other side?

     I have to be careful how I speak of this story ( you know how I feel about SPOILERS).  The tale is temperamental and distressing because so much is happening (all related to death) and you can see the train-wreck coming!.  Its neglectful, depressing and so unhappy,  but there's also hope.  Lying just beneath a sheer film of  disaster, you know there's a chance this can all be repaired and end on a happy note.  I appreciated the enormous weight of grief from the parents as well as Eleanor, but I wanted them to find some closure.  If you can fight through the sadness of the journey, you will appreciate this novel..

     The tears on the cover are a true sign of what's to come, but I didn't cry.  I wasn't that attached, but I was caught up enough to feel lost within within the mystery of the story,  It's worth a read but understand, there will be a lot of strangeness and emotions going on.  I'm moving off to the next read.