***DOES CONTAIN SPOILERS -- PLEASE READ NO FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS***
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I recently read this book, and it was really hard for me to put it down. I really liked it. At first, I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to get into it -- the whole computer tech company, successful businessman stuff just did not appeal to me. But the moment the protagonist found his dead dog hanging from a tree with its intestines spilled onto the ground, the story immediately got darker and sucked me in.
Taking something as light and full of childhood innocence as Disney and EPCOT Center and turning it into the scene of darkness, drug abuse, psychoses, assault, and murder is just... well, to put it in a major cliché... it is right up my alley.
Furthermore, I simply fell in love with Lisa. Beautiful Snow White look-alike covered in tattoos, damaged and almost broken beyond repair. My kind of girl; my kryptonite.
I also love the way the story is told. It is reminiscent of Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye, only much, much darker. It is wonderfully poetic.
My only qualm with the book -- the reason I gave it four stars instead of five -- is that I DESPERATELY WANT TO KNOW THE SECRET INGREDIENT IN THE DUST!!!!! There are so many hints and teasers and lead-ins... there are moments when you just KNOW the secret dust ingredient is ABOUT TO BE REVEALED... BUT. IT. NEVER. IS. And that REALLY PISSES ME OFF! I have all kinds of crazy ideas about what the dust is made of, but I have no idea if any of my ideas are correct. So, Mr. Leonard Kinsey, author of this book, if you read this review, feel free to message me privately with the answer to this question: "What did you have in mind as the secret ingredient for the dust when you were writing this book?" Thank you VERY much.
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I recently read this book, and it was really hard for me to put it down. I really liked it. At first, I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to get into it -- the whole computer tech company, successful businessman stuff just did not appeal to me. But the moment the protagonist found his dead dog hanging from a tree with its intestines spilled onto the ground, the story immediately got darker and sucked me in.
Taking something as light and full of childhood innocence as Disney and EPCOT Center and turning it into the scene of darkness, drug abuse, psychoses, assault, and murder is just... well, to put it in a major cliché... it is right up my alley.
Furthermore, I simply fell in love with Lisa. Beautiful Snow White look-alike covered in tattoos, damaged and almost broken beyond repair. My kind of girl; my kryptonite.
I also love the way the story is told. It is reminiscent of Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye, only much, much darker. It is wonderfully poetic.
My only qualm with the book -- the reason I gave it four stars instead of five -- is that I DESPERATELY WANT TO KNOW THE SECRET INGREDIENT IN THE DUST!!!!! There are so many hints and teasers and lead-ins... there are moments when you just KNOW the secret dust ingredient is ABOUT TO BE REVEALED... BUT. IT. NEVER. IS. And that REALLY PISSES ME OFF! I have all kinds of crazy ideas about what the dust is made of, but I have no idea if any of my ideas are correct. So, Mr. Leonard Kinsey, author of this book, if you read this review, feel free to message me privately with the answer to this question: "What did you have in mind as the secret ingredient for the dust when you were writing this book?" Thank you VERY much.
