The Mirror World of Melody Black

I was excited to read The Mirror World of Melody Black, given that I found myself enjoying The Universe Versus Alex Woods more than I expected to. Reading the first 100 pages or so, I wasn’t sure if I really wanted to continue. See, the main character is bipolar, and her swings of mania and depressi......more

After the release of "The Rosie Project", and with stories like "The woman who stole my life", "I was here" and "All the Bright Places", it is plain to see that realistic stories about people with differently wired personalities are becoming increasingly popular. This is excellant news, because as a......more

Worum geht es? Das Leben hat seine Höhen und Tiefen. Die Kunst ist es, das eine vom anderen zu unterscheiden. Alles begann, wie es manchmal eben so ist, mit einem toten Mann. Er war ein Nachbar – niemand, den Abby gut kannte, dennoch: Einen Verstorbenen zu finden, wenn man sich nur gerade eine Dose To......more

Die Geschichte steigt sofort in dem Moment ein, in dem Abby ihren Nachbarn tot in seinem Sessel findet. Auch wenn sie ihn kaum kennt wundert so manchen sicher ihre gelassene Reaktion und das völlige Fehlen von Emotionen, die sie dabei an den Tag legt. Man merkt also sofort, dass bei ihr irgendetwas......more

This started off rather wonderfully, and I thought it was going to be brilliant. CONTAINS SPOILERS! (but it really doesn't matter at all imo) Unfortunately, after the first third, It all went a bit downhill. None of the interesting storylines or characters from the first third were ever fully explore......more