BOOK REVIEW: Audrey's Door

[temporaryworlds]

Title: Audrey's Door

Comments

[calico_reaction]

Sorry this wasn't your cup of tea. I still haven't really gathered my thoughts on this one, though I'd better get to it, since my review is due to go up Monday!

[temporaryworlds]

Yeah, I was kind of surprised at my reaction because most of the reviews I've read were positive. Maybe it's just not the book for me personally.

Good luck getting your thoughts together.

[intoyourlungs]

[temporaryworlds]

Yeah, the author didn't always seem aware of her own audiences intelligence. Maybe there's a reason for that. She has written books before and maybe things were too vague for people in those books. There were just so many scenes that seemed to just emphasize the fact that Audrey was crazy. By the time I got halfway though the book I just wanted to say "Okay! I get it she's nuts!" Maybe it would have been different if it was a slow build of craziness, but it wasn't. It was pretty much "okay I'm getting settled in the new apartment, I'M TOTALLY CRAZY!"

And yeah the horror aspects didn't quite work for me either.

[starmetal_oak]

Reading this right now and having mixed feelings so far. The major problem I'm having is that I think Audrey is pretty unsympathetic.

[temporaryworlds]

Yeah I noticed that too. It's so strange, given her sad back story, you'd think I'd at least feel sorry for her but I just was annoyed with her.