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Book Review of The Garden of Last Days

The Garden of Last Days
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Helpful Score: 1


I've spent a lot of time thinking about what I could say about this one. It was an amazing and captivating read. I had a hard time putting it down. And yet, the characters were all desperate and not terribly likable. In fact, only one minor character was truly likable and yet the book was, indeed, amazing.

It covered the last days before 9/11. One of the eventual pilots who flew into the WTC on that awful day is only one of the characters that we meet in this book. There is also a stripper, her daughter, a babysitter, a heavy drinker who, in his own sick way, thought he was doing a good thing (though it was awful, of course) and some less important to the story folks. But, yes, it was amazing!

I really liked THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG, so maybe that's part of why I liked this one so much. I'm not really sure myself, but if you get a chance, read this one. It's good!