Monday, January 2, 2012

Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley


Wow. I loved this book! Why? The main character, Cullen Winter, has the kind of voice I like in a YA novel. It's the Holden Caulfield/Will Grayson kind of personality. Cullen is the kind of boy who imagines zombies in his world and keeps coming up with interesting book titles that maybe someday he'll write. His world falls apart when his brother Gabriel disappears. It's a story of coping, family, friendship, and love.

In another tale told in the same book, Cabot Searcy is brought together with the woman of his dreams. But his obsession with the Book of Enoch leads him to become mentally unstable.

The two stories eventually collide, of course, with quite a twist at the end. I've read 3/5 of the Morris Award contenders, and I'm rooting for this one! (even though the hardback cover is horrendous)

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