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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 ...more
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 ...more

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
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Aug 25, 2008
Serena
marked it as to-read

Aug 07, 2009
Julie
marked it as to-read