The Gargoyle
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GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 10/11/2014
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 10/11/2014 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
I found this slightly-battered softcover at a local Goodwill store, and picked it up for another release copy.
What a strange, unusual story... I enjoyed the different story-lines connecting through time, somewhat reminiscent of Cloud Atlas, and was enthralled with the drama and horror of the opening sequences, the accident and its aftermath. I did find Marianne Engel (whose name struck me as a truly groan-worthy pun, but I don't know if it was intended that way) hard to take - not just for her frighteningly intense obsession, which made more sense as the storylines were revealed, but because even at her best she seemed distant and uncomfortable. I know she wasn't there to please me (why am I hearing Frankie from "Rocky Horror" saying "I didn't make him for you"?), and her odd ways did seem to help pull our hero out of himself, but it wasn't comfortable reading.
And perhaps it wasn't supposed to be; one of my favorite quotes was this one from the narrator, trying to describe love: "...a tiny, jittery primate with eyes that are permanently peeled open in fear. For those of you who cannot quite picture a pygmy mouse lemur, imagine a miniature Don Knotts or Steve Buscemi wearing a fur coat." Now there's a romantic image!
Intriguing, offbeat, memorable.
[There's a TV Tropes page on the novel.]
What a strange, unusual story... I enjoyed the different story-lines connecting through time, somewhat reminiscent of Cloud Atlas, and was enthralled with the drama and horror of the opening sequences, the accident and its aftermath. I did find Marianne Engel (whose name struck me as a truly groan-worthy pun, but I don't know if it was intended that way) hard to take - not just for her frighteningly intense obsession, which made more sense as the storylines were revealed, but because even at her best she seemed distant and uncomfortable. I know she wasn't there to please me (why am I hearing Frankie from "Rocky Horror" saying "I didn't make him for you"?), and her odd ways did seem to help pull our hero out of himself, but it wasn't comfortable reading.
And perhaps it wasn't supposed to be; one of my favorite quotes was this one from the narrator, trying to describe love: "...a tiny, jittery primate with eyes that are permanently peeled open in fear. For those of you who cannot quite picture a pygmy mouse lemur, imagine a miniature Don Knotts or Steve Buscemi wearing a fur coat." Now there's a romantic image!
Intriguing, offbeat, memorable.
[There's a TV Tropes page on the novel.]
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at S. Willow St. (see notes for details) in Manchester, New Hampshire USA on Friday, October 17, 2014
GoryDetails at S. Willow St. (see notes for details) in Manchester, New Hampshire USA on Friday, October 17, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (10/17/2014 UTC) at S. Willow St. (see notes for details) in Manchester, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book propped up on the gas pumps at the gas station and donut shop at 1932 S. Willow St at around 3 or so; hope the finder enjoys it! (Just for fun, I left it fairly close to the A Baker's DDozen geocache where I dropped off another gargoyle - a tiny Gargoyle Travel Bug.) *** Released for the 2014 Spook-tacular Halloween Challenge. ***
