by Samfan » Mon Nov 05, 2012 12:15 am
Just finished my second Robert Goddard book reading by MK. During the summer, I had listened to 'Caught in the Light.'
I really liked Set in Stone, although not as much as Caught in the Light. It did seem to sort of follow the same pattern as Caught in the Light: a basically good person gets into trouble. And maybe Goddard's other novels follow the same pattern. I don't know, as I've only listened to these two so far.
I really liked the 'haunted house' aspect of Otherways, and I wish that Goddard would have delved into that a bit more. I was intrigued when Cedric Milner brought up the subject of his surveying Otherways, and always found that the walls moved (the measurements were never exactly the same each time he measured), or something like that.
Once again, Goddard inter-weaved the past and present. I really liked the idea that the house made people dream of both the past and possible futures.
Once again (like in Caught in the Light, it was sad that so many people died: Marina, Lucy, and Daisy. Its fun to think of how Marina died--was it an accident, or was it murder? And at the end--what was the significance of the letter? On his website, in the "Behind the Books" section, Goddard indicates that maybe he should have explained more about that letter that Tony received at the end; but, he thought that would take the fun out of it. In this section, he also gives more of an explanation on what inspired him to write the book [a real circular house]: .
Finally, I got a bit lost in the reasons of why Cedric Milner gave nuclear secrets to the Russians.
I often had to rewind during this audiobook; but, I think that is more me thinking about other things [my job] then anything complicated about it.
I recommend this audiobook. MK is of course smashing in his reading of it.
Samfan
ETA: corrected Marina's name.
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Samfan on Mon Nov 05, 2012 10:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
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