Gargoyle
Life is busy all of a sudden! I am at university doing cool things and meeting cool people, which means I don’t have as much time for doing unimpressive, solitary things. Which is… good? Yeah, it’s good.
Nevertheless, I’ve finally signed up to my local library, and on my first visit found this gem:
The Gargoyle is Andrew Davidson’s first novel, and it is truly a corker. Initially the blurb’s emphasis on “romance” put me off (I’m not one for sappy books), but a quick flick through showed that the writing style is fast-paced, emotive, sometimes harrowing, often intriguing, and overall supremely enjoyable! And also, not a romance novel. It is far too interesting for that.
The book spans topics ranging from burn victims and the perception of self; drugs and dependency; schizophrenia, and Christianity – to name but a few themes. The writing is (almost) all in first person, told from the point of view of the two main characters, which works surprisingly well (and reminds me of Glen Duncan’s novel “I, Lucifer”… but less rant-filled).
All in all, it’s a hard book to pigeon-hole, but definitely worth checking out. Dark without being horrible, emotional without being sappy, and fantastical without being fantasy fiction.
So read it; it’s good! :p
