Barry Talley Talley itibaren Smardy Dolne, Poland itibaren Smardy Dolne, Poland

I really enjoyed reading this one. I can't wait to get started on the others. Definitely got me thinking about the whole eternal perspective.

** spoiler alert ** Well, I was actually a little surprised by my disappointment with this book. As another reviewer said, and I am totally paraphrasing, the whole of the book was good, but the last 66 pages was terrible. The last part of the book was probably more engrossing than the rest, in terms of it being a page-turner, but the was the book actually ended left much to be desired. It left me wondering what exactly the point of the whole book even was. *****Here's where the SPOILERS begin!!!***** The book took its first weird turn when Dr Papineau died. I had a hard time imagining where the story was going to go from there. When Edgar meets Henry Lamb, the story got a little interesting, but still seemed unsure of where it was going. I really think it's the whole Hamlet thing that messes it up - no one ever mentioned that similarity to me before, but of course Edgar's father's ghost telling him he was killed by his brother, and his brother's relationship with Edgar's mom, sort of makes it clear. So maybe the whole entire story is supposed to track Hamlet, and I just haven't read it in long enough to know for sure. I guess Almondine could be Ophelia . . . Anyway, if it is supposed to be a Hamlet retelling, what is the point of the dogs? I felt that question was never really fully answered. This book definitely felt like it could have been better, in someone else's hands.