The Grays
The Grays - Whitley Strieber
Good. Very easy to read, and you care about most of the characters. What's spooky is this quotation from the back cover: "Drawing from a lifetime of research and his own experiences...". Spooky, because this is a book about aliens coming to Earth in collusion with the US government. I was a big X-files fan, don't get me wrong, but the idea that Strieber has written a fictional account of the alien conspiracy, and he thinks he has insight into the alien mind, is enough to creep me out. Also, a lot of the characters in the book are very pro-alien, yet he starts the novel with kids being abducted, skinned with a rusty kitchen knife, and then put back in their skins again. What's good about that? Either they aren't here to hurt us, or they are. How do you argue it both ways? Oh, shades of gray, ha ha!
If you read this as a novel, you won't be disappointed. If you read it as a revelation, or veiled truths, I don't think I want to discuss the book with you. This one was free from the Book Expo. I'm planning to bring it out East to hand off to my big little sister.
And now I am officially up-to-date. I will be posting as I finish books, instead of trying to enter my backlist like I was at the start. Hooray for me!
July 2006.
Good. Very easy to read, and you care about most of the characters. What's spooky is this quotation from the back cover: "Drawing from a lifetime of research and his own experiences...". Spooky, because this is a book about aliens coming to Earth in collusion with the US government. I was a big X-files fan, don't get me wrong, but the idea that Strieber has written a fictional account of the alien conspiracy, and he thinks he has insight into the alien mind, is enough to creep me out. Also, a lot of the characters in the book are very pro-alien, yet he starts the novel with kids being abducted, skinned with a rusty kitchen knife, and then put back in their skins again. What's good about that? Either they aren't here to hurt us, or they are. How do you argue it both ways? Oh, shades of gray, ha ha!
If you read this as a novel, you won't be disappointed. If you read it as a revelation, or veiled truths, I don't think I want to discuss the book with you. This one was free from the Book Expo. I'm planning to bring it out East to hand off to my big little sister.
And now I am officially up-to-date. I will be posting as I finish books, instead of trying to enter my backlist like I was at the start. Hooray for me!
July 2006.
posted by Rhon | 3:07 PM
2 Comments:
if you want to post a picture of your dog (I'm assuming you have one) on Puck's blog, let me know. I love your reviews!
I finally got around to reading this one! http://andanotherbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/grays.html
I miss your updates!
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