Unusual to say the least
592965
I've read this book and I'm not sure if it was because of all the times I was interrupted or what, but I just did not get it. I got parts of it, but there were parts that I was just asking myself "what?". I mean with a lot of the clues I think I can piece together a majority of the story, but I still have questions. I am still scratching my head about the baby.

Maybe since this isn't my usual genre, I missed a few key puzzle pieces, I'm not sure. However, I did finish the book. I liked the writing style and most of the characters. The feud between Mother and Miss Bunce was ridiculous and Mother going around saying "Father Wilfred would have..." definitely deserved a few slappings. I would have liked to get a few in myself. That woman got on my last nerve.

I'm giving the author an extra star because I don't think it was his fault I didn't understand it all because I did enjoy it for the most part. Thanks to HMH and Net Galley for allowing me to read this for free in exchange for an honest review.
4520785
This is an excellent and unusual book. It will keep you turning its pages until you encounter the last surprises at the very end. In addition to a fascinating and well-told story that will hold your interest to the very end, you will encounter some ideas you have probably never entertained before about the mysteries of life, the universe, and the mind. Whether you enjoy the excitement of an unusual story, or are looking for food for deep thought, you will find this small book to be surprisingly rewarding.
998743
This book is not typical of any book that I have read.  As I continued to read. the book kept surprising me, right to the last page. The characters are complex and I will be in suspense until I read the next book in the series to find out what happens next.
4046848
A very good and unusual book. The story has stayed with me long after I finished reading it and that says a lot. I agree with other reviewers that this one is not your usual, run-off-the-mill romance but is is a wonderful read nonetheless. I wholeheartedly recommend it.
2234857
This is not the type of book that I normally read but once I was into the book, I couldn't put it down.
1028940
This book tells of an interesting story about an unlikely hero in an unlikely place, and through the help of some absurd and often creepy characters she comes home safely. At times the book has creative moments worthy of mild astonishment, however most of the time you will feel as if you're reading a strangely contorted plot derived from all other similarly fantastical adolescent novels. This book is odd, humorous and confusing, but some of the characters are worth reading about.
3562164
The Geyser Girl of Yellowstone Park is a very interesting and unique book. It isn't like anything I have read before: it is almost like reading a bible, full of parables and lessons to be learned from nature and the humans who interact with it. Everything is anthropomorphized, including the geysers, the wind, and the animals of Yellowstone Park. This might make for a strange book, but for me, it was strange in a good way, because it was completely different from everything I usually read. And as a bonus, I learned a lot!
3315666
A strange trip of a book.  Worth the read and moved surprisingly quick.  This is not for the faint of heart.
533754
From the beginning I didn't know where this was heading, it's written from a very unusual perspective.
It's unpredictible and intriguing, it kept me guessing to the end.
Very well written and entertaining.
4741747
One might raise an eyebrow to the story.  This is not your typical love story after all.  In this book, the heroine is very much married and the hero is a very much eligible bachelor.  However, from the way the author has virtually described the Catherine, Adam and the husband, you will immediately understand beyond the reasons of Catherine and Adam to pursue a clandestine relationship.

Now, why something so wrong feels so right?  First the love between Catherine and Adam should not happen at all given the circumstances that Catherine is already married.  However, the love bloomed and the author rendered it beautifully along the way that one may cheer for them to go and let it be.  Second, the past of the husband that made him what he became is very realistic.  It happened then and it still is happening in this age.  The evil plans he had for Catherine was shadowed by how deep the scar of his past had made him to become the devil's spawn.  You will come to understand how sad and lonely he must be and come to forgive him.

There is only one thing I didn't like about the book and that was the ending.  It came to a halt leaving you turning the pages looking if there is something more because the ending came so abrupt.  There were also questions that will never be answered in the end, like has Adam's mother really accepted them?  The ending did not say much on this and it keeps the ultimate HEA hanging.
2266247
This is one of the most peculiar books I have happened to read. The first thing about it, is that it is written in present simple, which took some adjusting on my part, as it makes you feel forever on the run. Secondly, you cannot escape noticing how strange the narration is. Not so much for the fact that it is structured in very short periods, style by now adopted by many writers. The specific mark of this book is the capability of the author to indulge in minute details, while imposing a very tight pace. The overall atmosphere of the story is so anxiogenic, that sometimes you feel trapped in a dreamlike situation, where you would like to rush with the action you feel unfolding, yet you are kept running on the spot by lingering details that tie you down. I found this rather fascinating, because at the end of the day, it is in some way what happens to the characters, and you feel as if you were tossed inside of that messed up world yourself.
As for the story. It starts with Calem, an escaping Druid, who has put himself into great trouble and has performed powerful magic in order to save his wife from a horrible curse. Of course, in the magical bargain he has made, he is not the most powerful actor; so, once he has closed his part of the deal, things start to go in a completely different direction to what he was expecting. In the unknown present he is thrown into, he is desperately searching for his wife, while the reader is introduced to the vicissitudes of Marny and Deliah, two old grandparents trying to keep an adolescent niece out of trouble, and trouble has an ominous shape. All may end where it all began, but it isn't as easy as that.
This is not such an easy book to read as many entertainment books are. It is written in a very good and rich language, and it is structured in such a way that demands attention, also because it shifts regularly between verbal speech and thought, dream and reality. I have appreciated this very much. What I would have liked to understand better is the relationship between Calem the Druid and his wife; this would have made some of the following behaviours clearer. My favourite chapter is N.15, where the pace slows down, leaving space for reflection, poetry and melancholy, before entering chaos again and finding each their own fate. There are two characters I have loved the most in the book: one is Deliah, so mysterious, full of poetry and wisdom, the other is Oberon. I think he is the true masterpiece of the story, everything about him is just perfect: the cunning, the teasing, the foolishness, wonder and tenderness, he has it all. And the way the author uses his words to make him speak and act, he being the one that designs the web shaping all the other characters destiny, is plainly marvelous. I would also like to mention the lovely part of the small orange cat that accompanies Calem first and then Niena. I love cats, and their presence, their elegance and way of moving, always carries something mysterious and magical, it is a beautiful cameo in this story. If I were to assign a background music to this book, the first song I would think of is Hollow Hills by Bauhaus .Lovers of magical fantasy cannot miss a fairy tale like this.
177791
A curious mystery, but an enthralling tale and worth the reading.  She deals with very serious matters in a "most unusual way".  I think that I agree with her.
1549716
Very unusual story line. I have never encounter  one like this an had a hard time putting it down at any given time. I really liked this story
2282794
A very unusual novel in that it starts out as an apparent one genre novel but soon morphs into several genres, to include, time travel, historical fiction, action, skulduggery, ghosts, etc.  This should be enough for almost any reader.  If you get bored with one segment, then just keep reading.  I really don't think anyone would get bored.  The author has put many fictional characters in this novel but also mentions a lot of real characters.  I found it interesting to do a Google of these characters in order to understand the development of the author's main characters.  This had the additional benefit (to me at least) to review my history of the Spanish Inquisition and other past or present incidents mentioned in this novel.

I won't go into the story since much of this has been mentioned in previous reviews.  Don't be afraid to read these other reviews as they contain no spoilers and may further incite your curiosity of this book.
4153771
A very unusual book and I enjoyed it a  lot, even though I'm personally unlikely to knit with cut up plastic and other recyclables.  Unique and imaginative.
2433808
This book defies conventionality and is unlike anything that I have read except "Alice in Wonderland".  That makes it difficult to review.  Helen is on a journey not only to find herself, but find her missing  husband.  The cast of characters that she encounters are not only  entertaining, but pieces to the puzzle of a murder.  I found myself bored  at times and intensely interested at others.  I enjoyed the ways in which  this book was different, including the drawings and lithographs that were  on every 10 pages or so. This is definitely a different type of read, and  for that alone I liked it.
378278
It's interesting...something a little different.  A little does go a long way.