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Cindy C. (Withee, WI)
Edgar and Lucy
This book was very hard for me to get into. There were times in the first half of the book that I found it very confusing and was not sure what was actually going on. It seemed almost as if two stories were being told in parallel universes where the results weren't the same. By the second half of the book it got better and the story and relationships were easier to follow. It actually began to grab my attention and made me want to finish it to see how it ended. The symbolism of the stars, especially Betelgeuse, from beginning to end was interesting though. Have to wonder why the author chose a star from Orion, a hunter, maybe because all the characters in the story were hunting for something, even if it was only peace of mind.
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Barbara C. (Riverside, CA)
Not exactly my style
Poor Edgar. I think his life would have been even worse, if he hadn't met Conrad. For those few weeks Edgar had interesting experiences and a pet. Conrad could have finished what he did without Edgar. My favorite character is the butcher. He exemplifies how I want to be, What a normal husband and dad! (Or maybe I am crazy!) I liked the end of the book best.
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Bobbie D. (Boca Raton, FL)
Drama with Edgar and Lucy
"Still, there was a problem with kindness. Sweet things, sweet thoughts, mostly led to sadness, which implied death---while rage seemed to imply life." This was Lucy.
This is a very long book, too long!
The story contains abuse, divorce, kidnapping, an albino boy, a mentally disabled girl, killing and a dead women's comments throughout the story.
The characters are well-defined and there are some light moments that make you smile. I loved "Gramma Florence".
For a good part of the book Edgar and his mom Lucy are not together. Their stories coincide.
Maybe if the book was a lot shorter, it would have been more interesting.
I cannot suggest this book to anyone. And to talk more about the story itself would give away too much information!
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Catherine H. (Nashua, NH)
Waste of my reading time or "What a boring, hard to believe, hard to read, hard to connect book"
I did one thing I rarely do when I read a book, as a matter of fact, I only did that about three times: about half way through, I skipped to the final four pages.
I just could not connect to the story or the characters.
It's not a coming of age book, it's not a fantasy book, not a science fiction book: I think the author does not even know what kind of book he wanted to write, but he sure wrote a complete mess of a book.
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Judith G. (Ewa Beach, HI)
Fantasy? Sci-fi? What is it?
At 250 pages I gave up trying to connect and/or care about any of the characters. Skipped to about page 400 to see if the book made any more sense. Not to me. "Dark and Strange" (Tom Perrotta) indeed!
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