Book Review - Glamour Job by Doug Farrell
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My wife kept looking at the cover of this book and asking me *what* was I reading... :) Glamour Job: A Fairy-Tale for Grown-ups by Doug Farrell is a quirky, off-beat story that quickly grabbed my attention and became an enjoyable way to unwind for three or four days. I don't think I've read something quite like this before...
Laurie Morgan is a model in Chicago, and her life is at a bit of a standstill. She's divorcing her husband and trying to find a more exciting life for herself. Little does she know that "excitement" just found her. She spots a person who looks amazingly like her, and finds that this stalker is only one of a number of "people" who seem to have more than a passing interest in her life. As she pursues the leads to find out what's going on, she's dragged into a fantasy world of gnomes, goblins, and half-breed humans, all of whom view Laurie as the key to their future. Mind you, many of those "futures" are conflicting, and Laurie has to figure out if she's willing to trust creatures she didn't even believe existed earlier in the week. Her problems are magnified when she's actually turned into one of those not-so-appealing figures, and her timeframe to reverse the effects is pretty slim. Oh, and there's also the problem with her new identity being tied to the investigation of a federal crime. All in all, not exactly the best week of her life...
The novel is written from the first person (Laurie's) perspective as a journal of what's just happened. She's sitting in a prison cell awaiting the outcome of the investigation. Farrell uses a conversational tone in his writing, so you quickly get sucked into a close relationship with Laurie and what's going on with her. He's also got an incredibly vivid imagination, and the variety of creatures that show up is impressive. By the time you reach the end of the book, you've got an appreciation for what it would be like to be trapped in a body not your own, seeing things that are not visible to the "normal" world. If you want to get into morals and lessons, you could find those too. For me, I was just in it for the ride and entertainment, and it certainly fulfilled at that level.
My wife kept looking at the cover of this book and asking me *what* was I reading... :) Glamour Job: A Fairy-Tale for Grown-ups by Doug Farrell is a quirky, off-beat story that quickly grabbed my attention and became an enjoyable way to unwind for three or four days. I don't think I've read something quite like this before...
Laurie Morgan is a model in Chicago, and her life is at a bit of a standstill. She's divorcing her husband and trying to find a more exciting life for herself. Little does she know that "excitement" just found her. She spots a person who looks amazingly like her, and finds that this stalker is only one of a number of "people" who seem to have more than a passing interest in her life. As she pursues the leads to find out what's going on, she's dragged into a fantasy world of gnomes, goblins, and half-breed humans, all of whom view Laurie as the key to their future. Mind you, many of those "futures" are conflicting, and Laurie has to figure out if she's willing to trust creatures she didn't even believe existed earlier in the week. Her problems are magnified when she's actually turned into one of those not-so-appealing figures, and her timeframe to reverse the effects is pretty slim. Oh, and there's also the problem with her new identity being tied to the investigation of a federal crime. All in all, not exactly the best week of her life...
The novel is written from the first person (Laurie's) perspective as a journal of what's just happened. She's sitting in a prison cell awaiting the outcome of the investigation. Farrell uses a conversational tone in his writing, so you quickly get sucked into a close relationship with Laurie and what's going on with her. He's also got an incredibly vivid imagination, and the variety of creatures that show up is impressive. By the time you reach the end of the book, you've got an appreciation for what it would be like to be trapped in a body not your own, seeing things that are not visible to the "normal" world. If you want to get into morals and lessons, you could find those too. For me, I was just in it for the ride and entertainment, and it certainly fulfilled at that level.
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