Title: Definitely Different!
Review: I finished "Under the Skin" this morning on the subway and made a mental note to see if Michel Faber has anything else available or in the works. Isserly's tale is an odd one but so beautifully told! Faber has a firm and romantic grasp of the language which is obvious in his descriptions of the Scottish Highlands and, surprisingly, fairly common weather conditions. No, it's not great science fiction, nor is it great horror - it lands in a crack between...and creates its own world. There are some gory bits (the main location of the story is a meatpacking plant after all), but I hope that won't put a reader off from some truly beautful, readable, and thought-provoking reading. Recommended!
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