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A review by colossal
Harrison Squared by Daryl Gregory
5.0
Brilliant, funny and disturbing YA lovecraftian fantasy.
The blurb pretty much says it all and I can't really add to it without spoilers in terms of plot description.
The characters in this one are brilliant, with the general feeling of people just getting on with their lives, albeit as denizens of place with more in common with Innsmouth or Dunwich from Lovecrafts stuff. And there's so many characters that just make the story like Lub or Rachel and Isabelle.
The only problem I have is one I see often when I dip into the YA field: there is absolutely no indication on this book that it is the first book of a series or at least that there's a second volume to complete the story. The book is still a whole novel with a satisfying conclusion, but there's an epilogue that shows that the real action is just getting started.
The blurb pretty much says it all and I can't really add to it without spoilers in terms of plot description.
The characters in this one are brilliant, with the general feeling of people just getting on with their lives, albeit as denizens of place with more in common with Innsmouth or Dunwich from Lovecrafts stuff. And there's so many characters that just make the story like Lub or Rachel and Isabelle.
The only problem I have is one I see often when I dip into the YA field: there is absolutely no indication on this book that it is the first book of a series or at least that there's a second volume to complete the story. The book is still a whole novel with a satisfying conclusion, but there's an epilogue that shows that the real action is just getting started.