I finished a couple other books this week. One was called Her Fearful Symmetry. It was highly peculiar: arch and fanciful and a great big stretch of the credulity. Much disbelief to be suspended. For instance:
Do you believe a ghost could pull a kitten's essence out as the kitten jumped through the ghost? It kills the kitten, temporarily, until the ghost puts the essence back. Then the kitten is fine until the ghost tries it again and doesn't make the restoration moves in time. Bye bye kitten. (Little Kitten of Death, in the book) See what I'm saying?
Or how about twins crushing on the same man, him having a quickie with the one he isn't attracted to (but they are identical, no?), pregnancy, birth of twins, and then I'm not going to say, just in case you might want to read it. Me, I'm lying here, buried under a mountain of disbelief and still trying to suspend it. I will say that this author has a really hard time writing men you can believe.
Actually, it was a fun book, except for the characters, who needed some discipline. I learned a lot about Highgate Cemetery, for example. Check it out, next time you're in London.
Okay, I told you stuff that happens in the book and whether it had some content worth reading for. Is that a book review or what?
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