Review: Unlocking the door to another dimension
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 9, 2011
I'm confused by people who don't love to read, those people who go into a bookstore to 'kill time' and leave without purchasing something to read, even if it's only a magazine. In this story, a woman goes into a bookstore, seeking to kill several minutes there as she waits for her children to finish their noisy fun at the skating rink across the street, but this isn't any normal bookstore. Here, the reader really does get lost in a book, and the very important thing is always to be careful in your book selection. In this bookstore, you really need to know what you're getting yourself into.This strange tale starts out pleasantly but ends rather unpleasantly, but in a good way. Although I felt the ending was easily seen, certainly not an unexpected twist, I still enjoyed the bloody horror of it and the dark humor in it. I also appreciated this metaphor of the reader becoming part of the story, getting lost in a book and going to those places only a good book and imagination can take you. Whether those places are light and fun or dark and scary, those make-believe places can seem very real.