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A review by smalljeannie
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
3.0
It took me until about a third of the way in to start caring about this book. At first, I picked it up because my brain wanted a break from nonfiction. I kept reading because I simply wanted something to read, but I could not have cared less about any of it.
It's an intense book--rather gross at first (I don't advise eating while you read the first chapters) and then emotionally intense with all the precious "love stories" that wind through.
Once I started seeing the book as a series of character studies, I started to become intrigued by the little community inside the pages. It was a book I could put down, and that's OK. It was a bit too much to digest all at once.
I like that things remain very open, that reality and dream never have a hard and fast line. In the end, it isn't my favorite book ever. It felt like a first book. At first. But it grew on me, and I came to respect the talent that led this story toward a rather good ending.
It's an intense book--rather gross at first (I don't advise eating while you read the first chapters) and then emotionally intense with all the precious "love stories" that wind through.
Once I started seeing the book as a series of character studies, I started to become intrigued by the little community inside the pages. It was a book I could put down, and that's OK. It was a bit too much to digest all at once.
I like that things remain very open, that reality and dream never have a hard and fast line. In the end, it isn't my favorite book ever. It felt like a first book. At first. But it grew on me, and I came to respect the talent that led this story toward a rather good ending.