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Title: Couldn't get into this one
Review: I've anxiously awaited every Jonathan Carroll since I got hooked reading From The Teeth of Angels back in 91. But his later works have started to dim that anticipation. From Marriage of Sticks until this book, my enjoyment seems to be on a steadily downward path.What drew me to Carroll was his fantastic ability to create a scene from the "normal" world, and then show us what really lies underneath. The fantastic and metaphysical that turns the first view on its head.With this book he seems to jump into a swirling pool of the metaphysical and it doesn't seem to bear any relation to the "normal" world. If others enjoy that type of book, good. But for me it is unsettling enough that I'll read reviews before I automatically pick up the next Carroll book (unless its a reprint of an earlier great work that I've not been able to acquire yet).
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