A review by jyan
The Wooden Sea, by Jonathan Carroll

4.0

3.5. Carroll is an author fascinated with examining dying; not death, the final ending of it all, but the process of dying, of coming to terms with your past, with reconciling with the mistakes you've made, and it's always fascinating to see how he uses the fantastic as metaphors for these very human elements. His idea of coming to terms with your past by literally confronted your previous selves is fascinating, but I feel he adds a few too many elements to create a muddled whole. Still, it's rarely less than gripping, even if the characters don't feel as rounded as many of his previous creations.