j wren pennington

not the tour de force that john krakaur promised but full of interesting premises. it's the descent the movie had baby with the davinci code. decently written. nice read.

i can tell you right now...she had me until they pulled out the ouija board.

i mean really.

BUT....it is quite a novel spin on the old ouija board story. i won't go into it because it would ruin the book, but i will say that it's totally worth reading. i stayed up late on halloween night to finish. perfect.

this really depends on what you want from the story. if you go into it wanting a really interesting plot, told from an objective point of view with little sentimentality, you'll really like this.

it has been pointed out that the characters are somewhat bland and the love story is boring and pointless. and that is true, but i find most love stories to be boring and pointless so it doesn't seem like a problem to me. and the blandness of the characters is offset by the richness of the language and descriptions of the city.

the author is telling you a scary story, and he manages to do so without tripping over his characters or getting bogged down in anything other than the point.

unexpectedly good book. don't let the cover fool you, it makes it look a lot more goth-y than the story really is. i would place it firmly in science fiction, AND, even better, not white people science fiction! not saying that is makes any major cultural statements, but it's nice to see sci-fi with names that derive from eastern languages. and i'm not exactly sure why, but i got a distinctly doctor who feel from it....

it's YA, but for upper levels. not because of anything naughty, but conceptually, it migh be difficult to follow.

i wish i could undo having read this.

you can't really say that it isn't good because all of the things i didn't like about it were exactly the point. it's supposed to creep you the fuck out, and it is very successful in that endeavor. though, i feel like i would be a creep to recommend it.