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A review by jenbsbooks
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
3.5
I liked this, didn't love it. Felt very "fantasy" - powers (when in possession of a book). Surprisingly gory in parts. Borrowed from my local library, and it's on Hoopla.
3rd person/Past tense - Cassie is the MC and we(the reader) and mainly following her story. There are a few other characters the omniscient narrator observing and telling us about as well.
No chronological chapters - there were seven Parts, with multiple chapters in each, with unique headers. This made it a little hard move between formats (I had this in audio and kindle, I went primarily with the audio, but needed to shift to kindle a few times).
The premise - the different books, was interesting. I could visualize some of it in my head like a movie. Some of it I wouldn't really want to see ... some violence/gore.
I like the cover/title ... didn't love the ending. If felt a little "um, that's it?" ...
Some words I note: proFanity (x28), susurration, detritus, career(instead of careen).
Talk about the "Book of Memory" bringing a patient with dementia back, a wonderful, if temporary gift for the family, but how sad, and with the patient now aware, knowing it is temporary. Parallels to Flowers for Algernon (this was a just a tiny conversation in the book). It is interesting to think of what each power could do, for good or evil.
3rd person/Past tense - Cassie is the MC and we(the reader) and mainly following her story. There are a few other characters the omniscient narrator observing and telling us about as well.
No chronological chapters - there were seven Parts, with multiple chapters in each, with unique headers. This made it a little hard move between formats (I had this in audio and kindle, I went primarily with the audio, but needed to shift to kindle a few times).
The premise - the different books, was interesting. I could visualize some of it in my head like a movie. Some of it I wouldn't really want to see ... some violence/gore.
I like the cover/title ... didn't love the ending. If felt a little "um, that's it?" ...
Some words I note: proFanity (x28), susurration, detritus, career(instead of careen).
Talk about the "Book of Memory" bringing a patient with dementia back, a wonderful, if temporary gift for the family, but how sad, and with the patient now aware, knowing it is temporary. Parallels to Flowers for Algernon (this was a just a tiny conversation in the book). It is interesting to think of what each power could do, for good or evil.