We reviewed this in November, so this is very late but I'll try and remember what we spoke about.
This book is bonkers, semi fantasy set in Finland where we assume most people believe in fairies and elves. There was so much going on in this book that we didn't know where to start.
There was the odd Laura White who was collecting children and then disappeared, was that relevant to the story? Probably only because it enabled Ella to go about asking questions and finding out what happened to the 11th member.
We liked the idea of books getting viruses and re-writing themselves, that could be a whole book in itself. We didn't like the rather random sex scenes, three quite disturbing images of rape, grossly fat people and doing it with other people in the room.
A highly amusing if somewhat confusing story.
Concept: 7/10
Plot: 5/10
Ending: 5/10
Add a twist: Take all the twists out and start again!
Page Turner? Yes
Who to slap: Laura White
Where's the cheese? Squashing sex scene
Would we recommend? 10/10
Better as a ... fairy story
Total: 7/10
Our next book will be Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks.
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