Review: Fantastic, but not perfect
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2012
I was so-so interested in the book, as it was a psychological SHORT story. How much mind bending events can happen in 27,000 words? Well, actually quiet a bit. The book's plot is nothing specifically new. A woman confronting her dying mother, and brings along her past. However, the other-worldly surrealist dimension of her mother's mind that she is pulled into takes the plot through a different twist that was refreshing and haunting. The description of Tim Burton comes up quiet a bit when describing this book. While I agree with that to a point, I would say Salvador Dali had a little more influence on the world in which the story takes part. The "monsters" the main character encounters have a Alice-in-Wonderland quality about them, but she must bring them with her to confront her mother as well. So she also needs to deal with them as her mother did. Overcoming personal demons, refreshing look on understanding and coming to grips with a loved one, a dark fairytale atmosphere all while turning challenges and tests into insightful and meaningful trials. This was a very enjoyable read. Only thing I can dock it on points for was that I thought it ended too quickly. The beginning was detailed and entrapping, and while the ending was just as so, I felt like it let go just before you grasped something. What that something was, I cannot tell. Still, a great, quick, and enchanting novel.