Its been a while since I read this - probably about 10 years. So I re-read it. And despite near universal praise for it, I felt underwhelmed. It started great - Chance, the protagonist, has just seen the last of her family die, leaving her alone in the world. During her exploration of the house and papers of her grandmother (who'd killed herself 10 years earlier) she finds evidence of an entirely new fossil of trilobite, one 10's of millions of years earlier than it should have been. And a regular seven sided polygon - the definition of non-Euclidean.
Add a clairvoyant alcoholic ex-boyfriend, his current squeeze and an albino monster hunter of dubious sanity and that's the book.
My biggest problem is that it feels like a huge tease. There are hints of an ancient pre-human civilization that may still be lurking in the corners, but no real reveals. And the end seems to move into the "It was all a dream/alternate timeline" territory.
Likes: Not much.
Dislikes: See above.
Suggested for: Kiernan and die hard horror fans.
Add a clairvoyant alcoholic ex-boyfriend, his current squeeze and an albino monster hunter of dubious sanity and that's the book.
My biggest problem is that it feels like a huge tease. There are hints of an ancient pre-human civilization that may still be lurking in the corners, but no real reveals. And the end seems to move into the "It was all a dream/alternate timeline" territory.
Likes: Not much.
Dislikes: See above.
Suggested for: Kiernan and die hard horror fans.
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