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Linda Sexauer
Aug 25, 2008 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2008
This book had moments of brilliance, but in the end, it kind of flopped. I thought the ending was incredibly unclimactic. I've heard this book compared to Life of Pi, which I loved, in the sense that the reader (supposedly) wonders: did it all really happen or didn't it?

Since the marketing campaign asks me to compare these two books, then I shall. I must state that the inherent tension in Life of Pi never lets up. It makes one's head spin. I remember what a big deal it was to have found another
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Teresa
Aug 11, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read-in-2008
I found this book interesting, weird, and gritty. At first I wasn't sure how I felt about the narrator, a burn victim with a questionable moral past, who just wants to heal enough to leave the hospital to commit suicide. He meets a sculptress of gargoyles who believes they loved in 1300's and then things start to change. Our narrator's journey from attractive person with no character to "monster" with feelings of depth is both thought provoking and fascinating. Throw in themes of Dante's inferno ...more
Jenny
Feb 02, 2009 rated it liked it
Painfully graphic at points...story was a bit slow. An interesting read.
Steve Grove
Oct 30, 2009 rated it liked it
Very graphic - paints a truly selfish character suffering from a horrendous childhood and adult addictions. It peters out at the end and for my was not satisfying. I also found the breadth of the story was a bit disconnected.
Serena
Aug 25, 2008 marked it as to-read
Ellen
Jan 02, 2009 rated it really liked it
Meg
Jan 03, 2009 rated it really liked it
Julie
Aug 07, 2009 marked it as to-read
Jennifer
Sep 17, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Ann
Oct 25, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-in-2009
Christina Boodhan Juras
Aug 06, 2010 rated it did not like it
Shelves: not-finished