A review by afox98
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry
2.0
DNF. I read about 40% and just couldn't get into it. Hard for me to pick back up. Charley Sutherland has a gift he was born with - the ability to "read out" characters from books. Mostly harmless, his ability pops up at odd times and exasperates his brother Rob, who keeps hoping the power will go away. When Charley reads out Uriah Heep from Charles Dickens's David Copperfield, things start to go a bit more awry than usual during one of these episodes. With the help of Uriah and some other literary characters, Charley and Rob discover a town where the characters live, and the town is under duress.
I think this book would probably be better for big Dickens fans, but I hadn't read the couple of Dickens books being constantly referenced. Also, the plot becomes significantly repetitive and somewhat boring around the 30% mark. There wasn't enough action or disparate literary characters to hold my interest.
I think this book would probably be better for big Dickens fans, but I hadn't read the couple of Dickens books being constantly referenced. Also, the plot becomes significantly repetitive and somewhat boring around the 30% mark. There wasn't enough action or disparate literary characters to hold my interest.