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I'm conflicted how to review this book. I really liked it,enjoyed it and ...
At the same time something bothered me that I haven't realized what yet.The strange bond between Carolyn and Steve and how Carolyn was affected by so many small dots in her past,present and future was amazing and the whole path book followed was strange but still appealing.
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At the same time something bothered me that I haven't realized what yet.The strange bond between Carolyn and Steve and how Carolyn was affected by so many small dots in her past,present and future was amazing and the whole path book followed was strange but still appealing.
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This book is extremely weird and a little disturbing. And I love that. My only complaint was that I felt like I was one step behind through the whole thing. I got by with only getting the gist of what was happening. I was never 100% positive about what was going on. The time jumps didn't help that. But it was such a crazy story and was well written so I felt it deserved at least 3 stars. It shouldn't be the book's fault that I couldn't get my shit together.
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This is very different. If pressed, I'd say this is best described as dark fantasy, but it's really hard to sum up. This is a class of fantasy where our mundane, recognizable world gets peeled back in places to reveal something strikingly strange. Reading this, I was reminded strongly of:
The Drawing of the Three
The Bone Clocks
American Elsewhere
and even a smidge of
John Dies at the End
This story was wonderful - suspenseful and poignant, a nesting doll of excellent character studies, and a tale t ...more
The Drawing of the Three
The Bone Clocks
American Elsewhere
and even a smidge of
John Dies at the End
This story was wonderful - suspenseful and poignant, a nesting doll of excellent character studies, and a tale t ...more
The Library at Mount Char has been surrounded by some mystical barrier preventing entrance into the library. The "Father" of the twelve librarians, orphans at the same time and all adopted by the all-powerful, ancient Father is missing. The librarians are unable to enter the library to begin their search for Father. Each uses their knowledge obtained from their respective catalog of books to search for Father but current searches have been fruitless.
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This book is amazing. Utterly bizarre and disturbing and severely messed up, but amazing.
Dec 13, 2020
Crystal
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it was ok
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