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Wit's End (2008)

by Karen Joy Fowler(Favorite Author)

2.73 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0399154752 (ISBN13: 9780399154751)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Putnam Adult

review 1: I did enjoy it, but had a hard time keeping track of who was who and where the plot was going. I am finding this to be true in general of this author's books, though I keep checking them out at the library and enjoying them. Santa Cruz itself was probably the best developed "character," and there seemed to be some tangents that went nowhere. Still, I'm on to another Karen Joy Fowler book right now.
review 2: After the death of her father, Rima Lannisell goes to stay with her godmother, Addison Early. Addison is an author, creator of the famous detective Maxwell Lane. Rima wants to know what Addison's relationship with her father was; they were estranged for most of Rima's life, despite the fact that Addison is Rima's godmother. Some of the best parts of the boo... morek are about the relationships that exist between creator, character, and fans. Maxwell Lane has a fandom built up around him, complete with fanfic and obsessive fans who insist they know the character better than his creator does. There's also the business of the mysterious (real-life) cult that Addison may or may not have belonged to and the dollhouses Addison creates for each book she writes that show the murder scenes in tiny, grisly detail. Fowler has a gentle, deadpan authorial voice that I love, and even when the plot flagged I found myself enjoying the characters and the narrative enough that it didn't matter. less

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