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A review by yodamom
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
3.0
2.5
I'm glad is was a short book. That is not a great way to feel after finishing a book is it ? The idea was good, the doors to other worlds each connected to a persons heart/soul, it was fresh and full of promises. I never felt those promises come true. I fell asleep too many times while reading this and just didn't get to know the characters enough to care about them.
The persons who had been kicked out of their other worlds were living in this school for wayward kids. Their parents, didn't want them, didn't understand them, didn't want to deal with them. They only wanted to go back through their weird little doors to the other places. It was therapy sessions and high school cliquish drama-rama, till somebody was killed. Then it got semi creepy with unusual ways of handling this issue, no spoilers here I can't share more. More bodies more weird handling of things and more cliquish drama, sigh. The blame game started and then it was suddenly finished with what should have been dramatic but was barely noticed on the emotional scale. One went home the book ended,
Are you kidding me ? That was the ending, Pffiiit ! I never got to delve into these interesting worlds, didn't get to meet any of the "Masters" nor did I get a final look at the other side. I didn't enjoy the story but I did love some of the lines in the book. This was my first read from this author I don't know if I'll try another book from her or not.
I'm glad is was a short book. That is not a great way to feel after finishing a book is it ? The idea was good, the doors to other worlds each connected to a persons heart/soul, it was fresh and full of promises. I never felt those promises come true. I fell asleep too many times while reading this and just didn't get to know the characters enough to care about them.
The persons who had been kicked out of their other worlds were living in this school for wayward kids. Their parents, didn't want them, didn't understand them, didn't want to deal with them. They only wanted to go back through their weird little doors to the other places. It was therapy sessions and high school cliquish drama-rama, till somebody was killed. Then it got semi creepy with unusual ways of handling this issue, no spoilers here I can't share more. More bodies more weird handling of things and more cliquish drama, sigh. The blame game started and then it was suddenly finished with what should have been dramatic but was barely noticed on the emotional scale. One went home the book ended,
Are you kidding me ? That was the ending, Pffiiit ! I never got to delve into these interesting worlds, didn't get to meet any of the "Masters" nor did I get a final look at the other side. I didn't enjoy the story but I did love some of the lines in the book. This was my first read from this author I don't know if I'll try another book from her or not.