Freezing

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Summary: icky
Review: Be warned! If you're going to read this book, there isn't one comforting, happy, or light moment throughout- it's a dark, dark world.

I'm not against creepy lit- but this book overdoes it: 2 child molesters, a verbal/physical abuser, horrid family relations, centers around a morgue, a creepy narrator, near death beating, beaten to death prostitute, abused dog, a ruined child, & a wretched ending- all of this in 280 pages.

I shut the book with an overwhelming 'yuck!'

Not recommended!

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Summary: The greatest book I have ever read...
Review: Freezing is original, compelling, interesting, quirky, humorous, intriguing but not morbid or dark. The writing is sensational, description an absolute triumph, not too wordy, using suggestion rather than statement. A great manipulation of the potentially disasterous subject - the best book I have ever read.

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Summary: Bone-chillingly twisted and quirky!
Review: Having read The Last Girl, I couldn't wait to read another Penelope Evans book. She has a unique style of writing and her quirky and creepy characters send chills down your spine. This book is even more compelling and strange than The Last Girl!

In Freezing, Stuart Park is a 28-year-old photographer at a London morgue. When he's not working, he spends his days in front of his computer playing a heroic character in a game. He also makes sure that his nosy and eccentric father doesn't go near his bedroom. His "life," however, changes the moment he sets eyes on one of the corpses at the morgue -- a beautiful and unidentified drowning victim. There are many strange twists and turns in the story as he tries to find out who she was and why she died.

This haunting psychological thriller is not for the faint at heart. But if you love a well-written, quirky and clever thriller, then I strongly suggest that you read it.

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Summary: wonderfully twisted and surprizing
Review: I am always looking for the interesting, offbeat and original. This novel qualifies on all counts!

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Summary: Freezing leaves me cold
Review: This book, like The Last Girl, is slow, boring, and not worth the effort to read it. Very little dialog or action. Sorry I bought it.