Friday, June 16, 2006

Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel


Alison is a psychic who had a horrific childhood and now she's haunted by the ghosts of the men who made her childhood so awful. She's also got a weight problem and a live-in business partner, who is incredibly bitter and makes horrible comments to her all the time. The book is really well written: poignant, cruel and even funny at times. On one level, it deserves far more than its two star rating but I just found it so unrelentingly grim and creepy (and not because of the ghosties) that I can't bring myself to recommend that anyone read it.

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