Paul Jessup

I won this as an Early Reviewer copy.
I hate writing bad reviews, honestly I do. But I promised a review.
I liked the premise. The execution was not good. (I don't review for typos because I know they aren't the author's fault, so I'm not even taking those into account.)

First there are a few errors that boggled my mind. Getting the wrong poison used at Jonestown (cyanide, not arsenic) and implying that those who died there died a painless death staggered me. And it was Theseus in the maze with the minotaur, not Icarus. Even if somehow these were errors in a character's thinking, there's nothing that implies such and therefore it looks like nobody bothered checking anything out.

Characters. The dialogue is awful. It doesn't sound like anyone's speech that I ever heard. The points of view of the characters blend together. Nobody has a distinct voice. The two girls--I have no idea how old they are supposed to be. Sometimes they seem quite young, other times a bit older.

I wanted to like this book, but I just couldn't.… (mer)

Close Your Eyes is more than just weird scifi. It's a bit space opera. It's about family, the one you're born into and the one you make. It's about all the pitfalls of family. But most of all...it's about love.

Go in to reading this book as if you were simply a fly on the wall, as an observer. Do not try to solve anything. Do not try to figure anything out. It will all come to you.

And don't try to escape uninfected. It's impossible. From page one, the sakre is inside you. Don't try to hide from it. Don't close your eyes.… (mer)