I’m starting to notice a trend in some books as I delve deeper into my reading list. The books start out with a fascinating premise, continue with a strong storyline, and then somewhere in the 7th inning stretch they just completely fail to bring the story on home and lose me in the process. The Ghost in Love sadly follows the same path- interesting plot setup, characters you can get into, then BAM! Around halfway through the book certain things happen that I just can’t agree with. The novel itself requires a brief suspension of reality, but by the time you’re hurtling towards the climax, it feels like the author remembered symbolism and existentialism and plot points from A Wrinkle in Time. This book could have been great (it coulda been a contendah, even), except for the entire second half of the book- he tries to mend discrepancies in character development with bizarre story exposition that comes out of nowhere.
2 bookworms- which makes me sad because I really liked the beginning!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
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