I loved this book!

You have a good idea pretty early as to what is going on — but it’s all so strange and odd in a subtle sort of way! The narrator’s matter-of-fact manner creates the impression that everything is normal when it clearly isn’t. I was asking “Why?” the whole time — and I wasn’t disappointed. I realized about halfway through that the writing style *should* be irritating to me — but it wasn’t!

I have little time to read, and got this book from my library, so I was afraid I would be returning it late. Not so. I almost couldn’t put it down. This book was not an adrenaline rush. If you’re looking for over-the-top scenes that would require computer generated special effects, hair-raising car chases, bombs, or gore, you won’t find it here. This book is quietly disturbing and intriguing.

When I’m almost finished with a book and it’s time to start tying up the loose ends, I find myself asking, “But. . . do I really *care* what happens to these people?” Too often, of late, I don’t. That was not true in this case. I really wanted to know what was going to happen to them, and wanted a happy ending.

5/5