It's fantasy, magical realism weaving time travelling seamlessly with modern everyday life.
Always believable, never too incredulous, the characters are down-to-earth and their story is told matter-of-factly.
I sped through 3/4 of the book, too enthralled to leave it. And then I stopped, avoided the book, ignored its lure, knowing that soon, I'll have to return to it and from then onwards, all will be a downwards slide. As Clare says "we're at the top of a rollercoaster".
I cried for the rest of the book, silently and sometimes chokingly when it gets unbearably painful. The book broke my heart and now I feel bereft of something dear.
***Eric Bana popped into my mind when I thought of an actor for the role of Henry and Eric Bana IS going to act as him in a 2008 production!
2 comments:
Man, how do you find time to read novels?? I barely have enough time for myself. Wasn't this book out quite some time back? I didn't quite grasp what the hell it was all about when i read the synopsis on the back cover, but it was on the NYT bestseller list for ages!
(But then again The Curious Incident of the dog in the night-time was also on the list for ages, and i did not like that book at all...)
Btw, have i returned your Blankets book?
Can't believe the only way we seem to be keeping in contact these days is through your blog! :)
I got this book as a present! Did not think much of it when I saw it at the stores too haha.
But think you'll enjoy it though our taste in books is quite different (I really like City of the Beasts!)
You still have my Blankets lol so come back soon and return it :)
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