48/100

Rattled by Debra Galant

My review

rating: 2 of 5 stars
Choosing this book was completely a judging a book by it's cover choice. I was at the library and happened to see that this book had something to do with New Jersey. Upon reading it, I didn't really think it was that representative of NJ. For one thing, the house the main character described would NEVER sell for half a million dollars.

The main characters in this book were incredibly annoying. The mother is incredibly materialistic and annoying. The father does not seem to like his wife or his own son. And the son is so annoying that even his own parents don't like him. No one really changed all THAT much by the end of the book, but somehow I enjoyed it and wanted to finish it. A very easy read.


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47/100

A Hole in the Universe by Mary McGarry Morris

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
A friend at work gave me this work over the summer. I read the first few chapters and then left it lying around in my car for months. I didn't really want to finish it, but one day I was bored and the book in my car was all I had. I am glad I picked it back up. Once I got reimmursed in the story, I was really interested in finishing it.

The story is about Gordon Loomis, a large man who just got out of jail for murder. As a teenager, he was an unwilling accomplice in the murder of a young pregnant girl. Now Gordon must find a job and a way to integrate himself back into society. Across the street from him lives Jada, a 13 year old street smart girl who lives with her drug addicted mother. It was frustrating at times to see how much Gordon had to deal with and also how inept he was at simple tasks. I felt like the book ended a little too open-ended for my liking.


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46/100

The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
The descriptions that people gave about the goriness of this book did not lie. But luckily, I like a little gore!



The main character of this book is a cocaine addicted pornographer. While driving high and drinking, he hallucinates and crashes his car. The resulting fire leaves him horribly deformed. In the hospital, he thinks of fail-proof ways to kill himself. One day he is approached by a psych patient who claims to have known him before. The two wind up falling in an interesting version of love.



This is the not the type of book that I usually like because it has far-fetched time travelly type sections and stories told by a character dealing with the past. But somehow I really enjoyed it.


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