The Pillow Friend

Rating:
Summary: Wonderful - poetic - sweet
Review: Having just read the other reviews here at Amazon, I'm suprised because they don't show the book at all as I saw it. It's very poetic. Very sweet. Very real-feeling. The "horror" element is slight. It's much more a novel about love, and close relationships than it is a fantasy. As such many many of the scenes and emotions described are straight from real life. And Lisa Tuttle has a delightful way of expressing them so poetically yet so clearly that you find yourself saying "Oh my gosh, yes that's exactly how that situation feels! How suprising that not only have other people felt the exact same way as me... and that an author could explain it so much better than I ever could!" The pick-up scenes, conversations between men and women about sex and relationships, relationships between parents and children, and very bright children and their beloved books. These are all written better in this novel than I have read them in years. This is a great novel of real life much more than a "horror" or a "fantasy" and you will not be able to put the book down until you've finished it!

Rating:
Summary: Is this fantasy or the story of a disturbed mind?
Review: Having read "The Pillow Friend" feverishly from cover to cover, I'm still not sure if Agnes Grey suffers from delusions, or if she's lucky enough to be able to really have her wishes come true "as long as she accepts the consequences."

Agnes is a very likeable character whose life is not fairy-tale perfect. Lisa Tuttle, whose works I've been reading since I was an adolescent, paints vivid, realistic identities when she creates people.

How very ... odd ... that amazon.com advertises buckwheat pillows, those pillows for a good night's rest, on the page describing a book of dreams wrapped in nightmares like egg rolls!

The story folds and unfolds like a piece of fabric, plot flowing smoothly from beginning to end. The patterns are slightly disturbing, and I'm still not sure whether it was madness or magic bringing gifts to Agnes. However, this tale is an incredibly enjoyable read, and it makes me want to continue my quest to find more Lisa Tuttle books.

Rating:
Summary: Is this fantasy or the story of a disturbed mind?
Review: Having read "The Pillow Friend" feverishly from cover to cover, I'm still not sure if Agnes Grey suffers from delusions, or if she's lucky enough to be able to really have her wishes come true "as long as she accepts the consequences."

Agnes is a very likeable character whose life is not fairy-tale perfect. Lisa Tuttle, whose works I've been reading since I was an adolescent, paints vivid, realistic identities when she creates people.

How very ... odd ... that amazon.com advertises buckwheat pillows, those pillows for a good night's rest, on the page describing a book of dreams wrapped in nightmares like egg rolls!

The story folds and unfolds like a piece of fabric, plot flowing smoothly from beginning to end. The patterns are slightly disturbing, and I'm still not sure whether it was madness or magic bringing gifts to Agnes. However, this tale is an incredibly enjoyable read, and it makes me want to continue my quest to find more Lisa Tuttle books.