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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
Well written and atmospheric, but didn't really appeal to me. (That's true of most of Joyce's novels that I've read.)
Not your children's fairy story. Great writing and a joy to read.
This is the first book I have read by Graham Joyce. The story was well written with descriptive language. The characters were flushed out with great detail and interesting. The pacing of the story was slow at times, which made it easy to put down. One thing that jarred me was some language Tara uses at one point in the story. It seemed out of place and pulled out some of the believability from the character.
Quirky departure from what I normally read. Got tedious toward the end, but ok.
The story was fascinating but I hated the chapters written by the shrink. I felt like I could've done without those chapters and it still would have made sense.
Apparently, this is the year I read all the post-fairy tale books. Thoughts to follow
Dan enjoyed this book and liked the slow unfolding of the story. I thought it was just okay and the slowness made me impatient. Those who know both of us should not be surprised by that! Just a weird, adult fairy tale.
Even after becoming reluctantly resigned to our owning a kindle, the thought of not being able to place a good book I have read on the shelves to look upon and be instantly flooded with reading recollection, annoys me slightly.
However, one thing was good about the kindle this time, in that when I began to read the book, I had no recollection of what it might be about and no way to see the blurb. I had nothing but a title and a front cover and from there I begun.
This allowed the mystery of this book, the slow reveal and the build-up to be all the more effective. Too often, a blurb gives just a litle too much away. You find yourself hurriedly storming through pages to get a point already alluded to, that makes the secretive build up, or the witholdal of information and insuinuation of the first few chapters, slightly redundant.
An engrossing read, it sort of defies the genres, mixing in several in such a way that it fits with none. I like this, and I like the effect that it produces. It was... interesting, and the question left to the reader, of whether the narrator or the multi-layred characters were reliable, was what made it so.
Also, made me want to find more out about folklore, and re-ignited an interest with faeries, fairies, fey, fae or elvin creatres, elves, little people, gentry under the sun, or whatever you want to call them, that I had a few years ago. Which is always good.
However, one thing was good about the kindle this time, in that when I began to read the book, I had no recollection of what it might be about and no way to see the blurb. I had nothing but a title and a front cover and from there I begun.
This allowed the mystery of this book, the slow reveal and the build-up to be all the more effective. Too often, a blurb gives just a litle too much away. You find yourself hurriedly storming through pages to get a point already alluded to, that makes the secretive build up, or the witholdal of information and insuinuation of the first few chapters, slightly redundant.
An engrossing read, it sort of defies the genres, mixing in several in such a way that it fits with none. I like this, and I like the effect that it produces. It was... interesting, and the question left to the reader, of whether the narrator or the multi-layred characters were reliable, was what made it so.
Also, made me want to find more out about folklore, and re-ignited an interest with faeries, fairies, fey, fae or elvin creatres, elves, little people, gentry under the sun, or whatever you want to call them, that I had a few years ago. Which is always good.
Graham Joyce really can tell a good tale. This was an enjoyable book!