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Writing was a bit uneven, but I really liked this. Curses! Tarot cards! Circus people! And lots of books and librarians. Who wouldn't like it?
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More like a 3.5
I picked this up in a small bookstore on a Canadian island. I was intrigued by the mermaids and the circus and librarians. The book starts strong with enough mystery to keep me reading. The story switches between the library Simon Watson as he lives his life in a house that is slowly being claimed by the sea and is still recovering from the traumatic deaths of his family and the abandonment of his sister. The other half of the story is told through the traveling circus log from al ...more
I picked this up in a small bookstore on a Canadian island. I was intrigued by the mermaids and the circus and librarians. The book starts strong with enough mystery to keep me reading. The story switches between the library Simon Watson as he lives his life in a house that is slowly being claimed by the sea and is still recovering from the traumatic deaths of his family and the abandonment of his sister. The other half of the story is told through the traveling circus log from al ...more
Circus performers, family curses, a house by the sea hanging by a threat and a librarian. If you are intrigued pick it up. I will never look at horseshoe crabs the same way again.
It was all a bit too much for me. The thread came loose in my ability to suspend reality and get engulfed in the story and I had a hard time keeping up with all the strangeness of it all as time went on....
It was all a bit too much for me. The thread came loose in my ability to suspend reality and get engulfed in the story and I had a hard time keeping up with all the strangeness of it all as time went on....
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