Sarah's Library

** SPOILER ALERT ** 3/07 - I've already read S.L. Grey's second book The Ward and the first thing I thought, after reading the first paragraph, was "Ok, there's a lot more swearing in this than there was in the other book."  I wonder about the difference in the language between the two books.  The plot is nice and scary (a blind scraping on the windowsill nearly gave me a heart attack while reading in bed last night) and I'm being drawn in by the mystery of what the evil entity with the crazy texting fingers is.  Is 3/07 - I've already read S.L. Grey's second book The Ward and the first thing I thought, after reading the first paragraph, was "Ok, there's a lot more swearing in this than there was in the other book."  I wonder about the difference in the language between the two books.  The plot is nice and scary (a blind scraping on the windowsill nearly gave me a heart attack while reading in bed last night) and I'm being drawn in by the mystery of what the evil entity with the crazy texting fingers is.  Is it going to be a twist like in The Ward, or the more obvious demon/trickster type of character?  For the evil texter (if it's a seperate entity from the presence following them through the deserted corridors, that is) I'm imagining a cross between an evil leprechaun and a ventriloquist's dummy with an evil laugh (maybe even a pair of them).  I have no current predictions on what the lurking presence might be or what the mannequins might have to do with anything.  Either way I'm looking forward to continuing the story tonight and finding out.  To be continued...

4/07 - As soon as the shop girl, Colt, called Rhoda and Daniel 'browns' I knew that we were talking about the same evil beings as in The Ward - very weird aliens trying (and failing) to assimilate into the human population by attempting to dress like us while using us 'browns' for spare parts, among other terrifying uses.  To be continued...

5/07 - I don't understand the need Rhoda and Daniel felt to go back to the 'other mall'.  Rhoda obviously didn't understand what was going happen to her once it was time for her to start paying her debt, shopping isn't free forever.  She'll be dreaming of going back home to her parents once they start chopping limbs off.  Obviously it was a convenient solution to Daniel's immediate problem of going to jail for murder, but how much less of a jail cell will it be for him to be 'plugged in' as a shop boy for the rest of his life, not even allowed to think his own thoughts.  The Ward is a good sequel, it doesn't have any of the same characters but it short of shows the progression of 'browns' from normal everyday people to shoppers or shop assistants to the donors once they have to start paying their debts.  I'll be interested to see what Grey's third book brings.