A review by tjr
Lost Boy Lost Girl by Peter Straub
3.0
Peter Straub once again dazzles with this horror novel. Indeed, Straub has returned to the style that made him famous.
Anyway, this is a very complex literary novel, the type that begs for a second reading. Although this might throw some readers off, it is the literary complexity that draws me to Straub. The protagonist, Tim Underhill, we’ve met before. If you’re a fan, then you’ve also encountered Tom Pasmore, and the city of Millhaven; in lost boy lost girl we meet them all again.
The thing I find most intriguing is the point of view from which this novel is narrated: a reader can’t trust it. At some points within the text, the reader is being reading words that Tim Underhill has written. At other times, it is not really known who is narrating. It is also not known whether or not one can really trust what is being narrated.
Anyway, this is a very complex literary novel, the type that begs for a second reading. Although this might throw some readers off, it is the literary complexity that draws me to Straub. The protagonist, Tim Underhill, we’ve met before. If you’re a fan, then you’ve also encountered Tom Pasmore, and the city of Millhaven; in lost boy lost girl we meet them all again.
The thing I find most intriguing is the point of view from which this novel is narrated: a reader can’t trust it. At some points within the text, the reader is being reading words that Tim Underhill has written. At other times, it is not really known who is narrating. It is also not known whether or not one can really trust what is being narrated.