Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Starting back in December when I was forced to move into an empty room (aside from all the boxes) with no access to any of my usual entertainment, I took up reading a few books that my parents were wanting to get rid of. Since work started, I've been reading during my breaks, so I finally managed to finish the thing. The book I was reading was "Audrey Rose" by Frank De Felitta. For being written in 1975, it has some oddly weird moments where you can't tell whether or not the setting is modern or dated. It's clear that the author did serious research in some areas while neglecting others.
What would you do if someone you had never met before approached you one day and claimed to have proof of something you didn't believe in? What if that something was vital to the well being of your daughter? Such is the scenerio proposed by this book, in which Bill and Janice Templeton are approched by a man by the name of Elliot Hoover who believes their daughter to be the reincarnation of his own daughter, Auderey Rose, who died in a firey car crash. To make matters worse, the nature of young Auderey Rose's demise has a persistant effect on the Templeton daughter which she isn't aware of, an effect that only seems to escalate as time goes on. The book is written strangely-The first half of the book reads like a thriller, with various events rushing forward and tying everything together until a seeming climax....which then turns into a drawn out court drama. Points of foreshadowing are done bluntly and at the expense of the fourth wall, but somehow remain effective, especially as subtle twists seem to make them into "gotchyas" only to be realized in a later chapter. The characters are all strongly written, as the book deals heavily with how each of their beliefs cause each of them to approach the situation from a certain way- from the initial incounter between the Templetons and Mr. Hoover to the lawyer's dance of Prosecuter VS Defendet that happens later in the book. As an overall suspense/drama tale steeped in the supernatural, this book holds its own. People expecting it to be a straight-up thriller are likely to be dissapointed by the book's latter half. People who are into law might find the book to be very interesting from the standpoint of a fictional court case in the latter half of the book, which the first half does tie into.
All in all, I'd say this is a good book. Not phenominal, but the characters are memorable and the plot device is unique. I hear tell that there was a movie made based on this book in the 80's that is wrongly classified as a horror film, and there also appears to be a sequel.
Speaking of books, I found out last night that a friend of mine from Second Life has gotten published with a book of her own! I might have to check that out sometime, assuming I can ever earn the money for such purchases.
Speaking of being published, I'm trying out that FireFox News thing. I've already gotten my first article approved; It can be found here.
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Now playing: Journey - Intro: Red 13 / State of Grace
via FoxyTunes
Wal-Mart is gearing up to build a number of Hispanic stores inside the United States. So does this mean that Spanish is going to become our national language in a few years? Not to speak any ill of the Hispanic people, but I'd rather not need to learn Spanish to get a job inside the United States, which seems to be the direction in which this country is headed.
Here is something fun. A video on how the world will end based on the current political climate as of 2003.
And an inspired advertisement for the Internet age.
What would you do if someone you had never met before approached you one day and claimed to have proof of something you didn't believe in? What if that something was vital to the well being of your daughter? Such is the scenerio proposed by this book, in which Bill and Janice Templeton are approched by a man by the name of Elliot Hoover who believes their daughter to be the reincarnation of his own daughter, Auderey Rose, who died in a firey car crash. To make matters worse, the nature of young Auderey Rose's demise has a persistant effect on the Templeton daughter which she isn't aware of, an effect that only seems to escalate as time goes on. The book is written strangely-The first half of the book reads like a thriller, with various events rushing forward and tying everything together until a seeming climax....which then turns into a drawn out court drama. Points of foreshadowing are done bluntly and at the expense of the fourth wall, but somehow remain effective, especially as subtle twists seem to make them into "gotchyas" only to be realized in a later chapter. The characters are all strongly written, as the book deals heavily with how each of their beliefs cause each of them to approach the situation from a certain way- from the initial incounter between the Templetons and Mr. Hoover to the lawyer's dance of Prosecuter VS Defendet that happens later in the book. As an overall suspense/drama tale steeped in the supernatural, this book holds its own. People expecting it to be a straight-up thriller are likely to be dissapointed by the book's latter half. People who are into law might find the book to be very interesting from the standpoint of a fictional court case in the latter half of the book, which the first half does tie into.
All in all, I'd say this is a good book. Not phenominal, but the characters are memorable and the plot device is unique. I hear tell that there was a movie made based on this book in the 80's that is wrongly classified as a horror film, and there also appears to be a sequel.
Speaking of books, I found out last night that a friend of mine from Second Life has gotten published with a book of her own! I might have to check that out sometime, assuming I can ever earn the money for such purchases.
Speaking of being published, I'm trying out that FireFox News thing. I've already gotten my first article approved; It can be found here.
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Now playing: Journey - Intro: Red 13 / State of Grace
via FoxyTunes
Wal-Mart is gearing up to build a number of Hispanic stores inside the United States. So does this mean that Spanish is going to become our national language in a few years? Not to speak any ill of the Hispanic people, but I'd rather not need to learn Spanish to get a job inside the United States, which seems to be the direction in which this country is headed.
Here is something fun. A video on how the world will end based on the current political climate as of 2003.
Click to viewAnd an inspired advertisement for the Internet age.