Helpful Score: 3
Reviewed by Marta Morrison for TeensReadToo.com
This is a prequel of Douglas Clegg's HARROW books, which I didn't realize until after I read the book. ISIS is a novella, being only 113 pages long, but it's quite amazing.
It is the story of Iris and her brother, Harvey. They grow up together in a very dysfunctional family - before there were even any such things as dysfunctional families. Iris's father takes off; her mother is depressed and is an alcoholic. She has an older brother who she never sees and twin brothers. One is very selfish and the other is very kind, and that one is Harvey.
Iris and Harvey are fascinated with the Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris. The story is a take off of that. When Harvey dies saving Iris, she defies all to get him back.
I enjoyed this short book but have to admit that I needed to read it during the day because it scared me. It doesn't have much gore or violence, but the way it is written is much scarier. I highly recommend this short slip of a book.
This is a prequel of Douglas Clegg's HARROW books, which I didn't realize until after I read the book. ISIS is a novella, being only 113 pages long, but it's quite amazing.
It is the story of Iris and her brother, Harvey. They grow up together in a very dysfunctional family - before there were even any such things as dysfunctional families. Iris's father takes off; her mother is depressed and is an alcoholic. She has an older brother who she never sees and twin brothers. One is very selfish and the other is very kind, and that one is Harvey.
Iris and Harvey are fascinated with the Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris. The story is a take off of that. When Harvey dies saving Iris, she defies all to get him back.
I enjoyed this short book but have to admit that I needed to read it during the day because it scared me. It doesn't have much gore or violence, but the way it is written is much scarier. I highly recommend this short slip of a book.
This is a 115 page novella with occasional illustrations about a young lady named Iris. Iris lives in a gothic old mansion with her brothers, mother, and super religious grandfather. The groundskeeper warns her about several superstitions about the family tomb contained on the property and about people who have made pacts with the dead or who speak with the dead. One day a chance accident brings death to her family and Iris makes a decision that will affect her forever. I enjoyed reading this, though I really wanted it to be a much longer novel-length book. I think the story idea is marvelous and would make for a really interesting longer piece. As it is, I read it in less than a day.
Very random, but good. Quick read. Very dark and haunting..makes it even more interesting.
This was a different book. Not everyone would like.I like to read things a bit different though.
