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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “Strange but good - monsters, ghosts, and eccentric characters make this story engaging, and still it is somehow believable. One of the most satisfying reads I've had in a while.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “This book started out w/so much potential and I swear the author's phone rang and she decided just to wrap it up and end it. A big frustrating waste of time!” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“A quirky novel.”
Quilter wrote this review 12 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Unique”
Jeanne S wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“All the mini plots intertwined into the main story really held my interest.”
Kim E wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This book started out w/so much potential and I swear the author's phone rang and she decided just to wrap it up and end it. A big frustrating waste of time!”
Marron K wrote this review Friday, October 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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Elisabeth W wrote this review Monday, October 12 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“interesting characters...loved the small town historical setting...”
Liz wrote this review Tuesday, October 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“The details in this bookm got to be too daunting--almost unrealistic. There is a spernatural element to the book with the monster in the sea that I think is symbolic, but I don't think it worked with the storyline. I thought the premise of the book was good, but the details just weighted the book as a chore to read.”
CosmoCritter wrote this review Tuesday, October 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I enjoyed this book, though I had issues with it. It never did make sense to me why Vi wouldn't just tell Willie who her father is. Also, I'm not sure what the ghosts and, more importantly, the monster symbolize. Both were benevolent forces. By contrast are we to understand that the real monsters of Templeton are human? That seems obvious. The majority of MOT concerns itself with the past and present. I think its supernatural element is its nod to the future and the author's existential, maybe even subconscious, preoccupation manifest. For me, the monsters were the most fun.”
Jessica M wrote this review Saturday, September 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I really enjoyed many things about this book: set in upstate New York, the whimsical aspects of repeating history, friendly ghosts and monsters accepted as real, genealogy - a favorite subject of my own - a young, wry woman's point of view, and the shifting narrative from the main character, to others', past and present, to non humans. Given all this I hoped to love this book, but I didn't quite. Some parts and some characters left me a bit cold, some sections got a bit slow, and unfortunately by the end I was starting to lose interest (though the very ending was chilling and poetic and I'm glad I made it to it!) I do recommend this book but am sad it came so close to being a true favorite, but didn't quite make it.. I'm adding it to my favorite list anyway because it came so close! ”
MelissaMH wrote this review Thursday, September 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
