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The Gargoyle
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June 10, 2023
Finish date
August 24, 2023
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Why we're reading this
A modern, historical, 2008 adventure in multiple countries. Andrew Davidson is from Pinawa, Manitoba.

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Kerri
Aug 27, 2023 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Donna Craig
Aug 09, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
I only read this book because my sister made me. She chose it for her beach book club annual pick. It annoyed me further because it is 465 pages. Ugh.

But I digress.

I absolutely loved this book. It jumps between the love story of a man who was horribly burned and the bipolar sculptor of gargoyles, and the ancient stories she tells him. Some of which she claims are about the two of them.
The writing in this book is amazing, the plot completely immersive, and the characters deep and compelling.

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I chose “The Gargoyle” for its mystical possibilities; amazed that Andrew Davidson is from Pinawa. I peeked at the introduction to ensure I liked his writing.... and kept reading this 2008 discovery nightly, until it was finished. More profoundly than merely reading, you spend moments of time with characters. It is an opus that segues into different movements and reconciles all of them. Experiencing this novel and a wealth of medical and medieval backgrounds is special.

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Karigan
Oct 17, 2023 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition