A review by mygeekblasphemy
Harrison Squared by Daryl Gregory
5.0
I really enjoyed this. It's at a 4 stars right now, but I might bump it up to a 5 with time. (I rarely rate anything a 5 right away. I don't know, it's a quirk.) I want to write some awesome critical analysis, but right now I'm just like, "Fun! So much creepy fun! I want MORE!" I really hope Daryl Gregory makes this into a series. I'd actually happily read sequels to We Are All Completely Fine as well, but I desperately want sequels to THIS book.
Harrison is an awesome protagonist. There are a lot of great side characters (Aunt Sel, Saleem, Lydia, Lub), which is always a huge bonus. Sometimes I think great side characters are more important to a story than great villains. (Seriously, that whole line about how a story is only as good as its villain is just wrong.) The line by line prose is great -- I started writing down snarky quotes and then stopped because I was just basically quoting the whole book. Overall, I think I had maybe one teeny tiny problem with the story -- I won't detail for spoilers -- but it's a pretty tiny nitpick.
The whole thing is, I don't know. Lovecraft meets Buffy meets Hardy Boys? Whatever it is, I want more of it.
Harrison is an awesome protagonist. There are a lot of great side characters (Aunt Sel, Saleem, Lydia, Lub), which is always a huge bonus. Sometimes I think great side characters are more important to a story than great villains. (Seriously, that whole line about how a story is only as good as its villain is just wrong.) The line by line prose is great -- I started writing down snarky quotes and then stopped because I was just basically quoting the whole book. Overall, I think I had maybe one teeny tiny problem with the story -- I won't detail for spoilers -- but it's a pretty tiny nitpick.
The whole thing is, I don't know. Lovecraft meets Buffy meets Hardy Boys? Whatever it is, I want more of it.