Books by Keith Donohue
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review 1: If you’re looking for a creepy read this fall, look no further than The Boy Who Drew Monsters by Keith Donohue. It features a boy with Asperger’s Syndrome who can literally make creatures come to life simply by drawing them. The northeast coastal setting (lighthouse included!) on...
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review 1: I loved "The Stolen Child" so I was really looking forward to reading this one. Unfortunately, it was a disappointment. It's another one of those books where I feel like there's a deeper meaning that I'm just not getting. I also found that, in many of the chapters, I didn't ev...
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review 1: Still undecided about how I feel for this book. Overall, I thought that the adult characters, especially the mother, were self absorbed. There was a story between the two pairs of parents that never really was explained, or further stretched out. I just kept trying to figure out ...
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review 1: Four+ stars for the main short stories and their oft-heartbreakingly beautiful prose, but one star for the connecting thread. The dream-like visuals combined with weak banter and clunky metaphysics just didn't work for me. I thought it would have had more impact as a collection o...
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review 1: Audiobook. An incredibly curious story about family disintegration, reunion and the people who help us on our path through life. A mother mourning for a lost daughter who ran away from home and the law adopts a stay girl who shows up on her doorstep in the middle of a snow storm...
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review 1: This was a fun book, and worth the read, although it did get a bit over-drawn about 2/3 of the way through. Starting out with the protagonist hitting his head and bleeding on the bathroom floor certainly grabbed my interest. The whole thing is not a flashback, as you might expect...