Something Borrowed [Import] [Hardcover]

Paul Magrs (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Headline Review (2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075533289X
• ISBN-13: 978-0755332892
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,230,212 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Unique Style and a Vivid Imagination, November 2, 2011

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Brett H "pentangle" (Brighton) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Something Borrowed (Brenda 2) (Kindle Edition)

Paul Magr's unique style and vivid imagination combine in Something Borrowed to produce a story which seems a little disjointed at times, but certainly fascinates in part due to the bizarre entities which populate the book. It took me a while to get into this story and I think this was partly due to the delivery in the first person present tense. This is not an easy medium to write in and at times I felt the delivery seemed quite awkward here.

However, the author puts together an incredible cast of characters including, but not limited to, Jessie the zombie womanzee, Henry Cleavis the professor who seemingly never ages, an alien bamboo deity, Count Alucard (try spelling it backwards) and Brenda who tells the story and is constantly in danger of coming apart.......literally! The story really gets going when Brenda starts to remember the events of 1946, prompted by some hypnosis from Cleavis. This sub story is really attention grabbing, and when we get back to the present day tale, that really picks up from that point.

This book is clearly a sequel to Never the Bride and there are regular references to that book. Sometimes it makes no difference which order you read sequential books in, but here I really thought it would have been a good idea if I had read that book first. However, ultimately I did find this an enjoyable if totally improbable romp though it is one of those books where you do not need to suspend disbelief, more like abolish it!