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A review by pforpedrox23
The Riverman by Aaron Starmer
4.0
I wouldn't give this book to anyone lower than 8th grade unless he or she were an exceptionally mature 7th grade reader. What happens when the child comes back from Narnia, Oz, Wonderland...?
If you do not like ambiguity and what's-true-and-not-true stories, this is not the story for you. If you are absolutely okay never being certain with anything, this book will tickle your curiosity. The simultaneous distance and intimacy between the two main characters as they get to know each other (or not, in many cases) is fascinating.
There are a lot of great things to say about this book. I'm looking forward to the next book, which, frankly, is needed because there are a couple of huge things left out at the end-- only one of which could be excused if this were one of those stories that ended on a what-happened note (read: Inception).
If you do not like ambiguity and what's-true-and-not-true stories, this is not the story for you. If you are absolutely okay never being certain with anything, this book will tickle your curiosity. The simultaneous distance and intimacy between the two main characters as they get to know each other (or not, in many cases) is fascinating.
There are a lot of great things to say about this book. I'm looking forward to the next book, which, frankly, is needed because there are a couple of huge things left out at the end-- only one of which could be excused if this were one of those stories that ended on a what-happened note (read: Inception).