I stumbled upon this book at a random walk through of Barnes & Noble. Okay, I have to admit something that I've never admitted to anyone before...
I completely judge books by their covers.
Yeah, yeah, I said it. Now judge me...
Anyway, the material that the cover is made out of is some fancy paper that makes you want to keep touching it. I'm such a sucker for any type of expensive paper upgrade. Although I love reading books on my eReader, the sensory pleasures of touching and smelling paper is the main reason why I have only 100 eBooks and about 500 real ones...I digress...
So I saw this at B&N and picked it up because it looked a little spooky. Also the author looks just like my doctor which I thought was funny because every time I go to the doctor I think of this book. My mind is very random about what it links together. Seriously though, look at them. TWINS!
Chris Bohjalian, Author
Dr. Not Chris Bohjalian
Twins.
Anyway, back to my thoughts on the book (which also featured twins...weird). The plot was a mixture of a bunch of random bits of other stories crafted with a buch of original stuff. While this type of borrowing would usually bother me, the author wove such a beautiful quilt out of the scrappings of other books, movies and current events. The story line was kind of a Stepford Wives meets The Amityville Horror meets The Sixth Sense meets Practical Magic meets Rosemary's Baby meets The Shining. He takes the interesting bits from all of these creepy, dark imaginary places and BAM! throws it all together to make it something that you can totally imagine happening next door.
I liked this book. I really, really liked this book. I liked it enough to recommend it to someone else and even more so to lend it to someone. Lending out books to me is similar to loaning someone money. Only do it if you have the expectation of never seeing it again. Happily enough the lender returned the book but with no comment on the story...
So I'm curious if anyone out there has read it and wants to share their thoughts on it. If you haven't read it yet, go out and buy it if only for the feel of the cover alone...
Check out the author's website for more! http://www.chrisbohjalian.com/
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