Jack O'Connell's The Resurrectionist
I read a description of this in the latest Algonquin catalog and was psyched to get an advance copy at ALA--it sounded great, about a comatose boy and his father and a mysterious comic book world. And it started off great--the father's story is very compelling, as were the interjections describe the comic book sideshow/freak show characters. But as things got more and more fantastic, the story got more and more derailed. I was about ten pages from the end and had no idea if I'd love the book or totally dislike it. In the end, I didn't like it nearly as much as I wanted to. B/B-.
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