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A review by kylielovesbooks
Glass Town by Steven Savile
4.0
If you like gansters, movie stars and murder mysteries, this book is for you. But it's not your typical who-dun-it book. It's about one families obsession to find the missing love of Josh Raines' great grandfather Isaiah's life. She disappeared 90 years ago and Isaiah never gave up looking for her. He believes Eleanor is still alive, looking like she did the day she disappeared. And he believes his brother, the ganster Seth Lockwood is behind whole thing.
I honestly didn't read the synopsis before I started reading this book. The thing that drew me in the most was the cover. It is so different and beautiful.
When I first started reading this book, it took me a while to get into. I thought it was just because it was a hard to get into book, but I think it was because I didn't have a lot of time to read so I was only reading small amounts here and there. Once I got time to read, I read it fairly quickly.
I was also a little confused as to what direction the story was going. The very beginning is a letter to Josh from his grandfather Boone about Eleanor and her disappearance. But the whole beginning is about Boone's funeral and it took a while to come back to Eleanor.
As I got into the book, I found myself thinking about the mystery of Glass Town just like Josh even when I wasn't reading. When I didn't have time to read, I really wanted to dive back in and unravel the mysteries. The author made Eleanor sound like someone anyone would die trying to find and fully root for Josh to find her.
This book was so descriptive, I could easily imagine myself alongside Josh trying to figure out how to get into Glass Town. There was also a lot of foreshadowing.
There were several characters in this book that started out having separate story lines. As the story went on, all the characters connected into the mystery that is Eleanor and Glass Town.
One of my favorite parts was that there was a flashback in the middle of the book instead of the beginning. Usually the prologue is the flashback to the rest of the story, but I liked having it in the middle. When the flashback is in the beginning, it's very confusing to make sense of when it immediately jumps into the present of the story. Having it in the middle made it so easy to make sense of because we already had a lot of the story to work with.
I really liked Josh's character. He was very easy to relate to. He didn't immediately believe everything he was seeing and he didn't expect the people he told to immediately believe him either.
I would definitely recommend this to not only fantasy lovers, but for lovers of mystery and historical fiction. It was a great read that went quickly once it got exciting and a real page turner!
I honestly didn't read the synopsis before I started reading this book. The thing that drew me in the most was the cover. It is so different and beautiful.
When I first started reading this book, it took me a while to get into. I thought it was just because it was a hard to get into book, but I think it was because I didn't have a lot of time to read so I was only reading small amounts here and there. Once I got time to read, I read it fairly quickly.
I was also a little confused as to what direction the story was going. The very beginning is a letter to Josh from his grandfather Boone about Eleanor and her disappearance. But the whole beginning is about Boone's funeral and it took a while to come back to Eleanor.
As I got into the book, I found myself thinking about the mystery of Glass Town just like Josh even when I wasn't reading. When I didn't have time to read, I really wanted to dive back in and unravel the mysteries. The author made Eleanor sound like someone anyone would die trying to find and fully root for Josh to find her.
This book was so descriptive, I could easily imagine myself alongside Josh trying to figure out how to get into Glass Town. There was also a lot of foreshadowing.
There were several characters in this book that started out having separate story lines. As the story went on, all the characters connected into the mystery that is Eleanor and Glass Town.
One of my favorite parts was that there was a flashback in the middle of the book instead of the beginning. Usually the prologue is the flashback to the rest of the story, but I liked having it in the middle. When the flashback is in the beginning, it's very confusing to make sense of when it immediately jumps into the present of the story. Having it in the middle made it so easy to make sense of because we already had a lot of the story to work with.
I really liked Josh's character. He was very easy to relate to. He didn't immediately believe everything he was seeing and he didn't expect the people he told to immediately believe him either.
I would definitely recommend this to not only fantasy lovers, but for lovers of mystery and historical fiction. It was a great read that went quickly once it got exciting and a real page turner!