My Review:Reality and dream collide in Amy Bonnaffons' dazzling, darkly playful debut novel about a love affair between the living and the dead.For weeks, Rachel has been noticing the same golden-haired young man sitting at her Brooklyn bus stop, staring off with a melancholy air. When, one day, she finally musters the courage to introduce herself, the chemistry between them is undeniable: Thomas is wise, witty, handsome, mysterious, clearly a kindred spirit. There's just one tiny problem: He's dead.Stuck in a surreal limbo governed by bureaucracy, Thomas is unable to "cross over" to the afterlife until he completes a 90-day stint on earth, during which time he is forbidden to get involved with a member of the living-lest he incur "regrets." When Thomas and Rachel break this rule, they unleash a cascade of bizarre, troubling consequences. Set in the hallucinatory borderland between life and death, The Regrets is a gloriously strange and breathtakingly sexy exploration of love, the cataclysmic power of fantasies, and the painful, exhilarating work of waking up to reality, told with uncommon grace and humor by a visionary artist at the height of her imaginative power.
It is always fun to read something unexpected and totally unique and I can easily say that about this book. It went places I was not expecting but it definitely left things to be desired as well. I did think there was a general malaise for me by the time I finished the book but I did feel a bit like, what's the point. I will say that I am still thinking about things from this book now, though, which is almost as much as one can expect.
The Regrets comes out next week on February 4, 2020, and you can purchase HERE. This was definitely different -- sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't.
You may relive--vividly, and at unexpected times--the moment preceding your death. This symptom is natural in those with no Exit Narrative. Refrain from seeking any form of self-medication (pharmaceutical, alcoholic, sexual or otherwise), or you may incur regrets.
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