Search - Under the Skin

This is one of the strangest books I've read in a long time...yet quite unforgetable, too.

Faber's "Crimson Petal and the White" was a wonderful book. Unfortunately, this - his first novel - is just plain awful. 300+ pages and a third of the way through you still have no idea what is going on. I ended up skimming through just to find out what the big "secret" was and then stopped reading. I suppose the only reason to read this book is to see how he was able to progress as a writer. Even fans of tv's "The Twilight Zone" wouldn't like this one.

This was an intriguing read, that was definitely different from most books. Though it seemed as though many details were omitted, I don't know that the book would really work any other way without detracting from the growing excitement and curiosity as the reader delves deeper and deeper into the story.
If a reader doesn't like to be left with questions at the end of a book, this would not be the book for them. But, if after finishing a novel, a reader enjoys introspection, this is more their speed of book. I wouldn't recommend this to just any reader, though I did enjoy it quite a bit.

This is an excellent science fiction story. I could not put it down. Completely different than Crimson Petal.

Haunting read!

Odd, disturbing...not a keeper for me but definitely worth a read.