Wednesday, December 11, 2024

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

February 13, 2024 

NetGalley

William Morrow

416 pages 

3.5/5

Fantasy, fiction, contemporary digital, time travel                                         

ISBN: 9780063323988

4/11/24-4/14/24

 

I really enjoyed this novel but there were many areas that became muddled and seem to drag on longer than needed. I was also rather underwhelmed with the ending. These are just my initial responses. Cassie and Izzy both annoyed me for very different reasons. Izzy is that friend who is loud and obnoxious who you pray loses her tongue. Cassie is a naive, passive and overly sensitive person who lacks knowledge of self preservation. There were other moments in the story where I yelled at the characters who had certain books with which they could defend themselves. At times, it almost felt like the characters forgot their lines and the plot of the story. How could they forget that they possessed the ability to prevent the tragedies they witnessed unfolding?

It makes me think about Glinda, the Good Witch, in The Wizard of Oz: "You've always had the power, my dear. You've had it all along."

 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156480764-the-book-of-doors

 

https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0063323982&g=4400

 

https://www.librarything.com/work/31084755/details/262202163&savedbook=1

 

 


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