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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

believe the subtitle:

The subtitle of Nicola Griffith's new book, Stay, is "a novel," but the cover illustration and flap copy suggest the usual ho-hum noir tale: an ex-cop PI riddled with grief and guilt over the death of a lover hiding in the woods to avoid the world, who, big surprise, is called back by a friend to find his missing girlfriend. Been there, done that I thought. But by the end of the first paragraph (woods as waterfall? a quinquireme of Ninevah?!), the subtitle started to make sense. By the time I reached... more info

Deep and Powerful!:

WOW! This novel hit me on a number of levels. Griffith knows how to draw the reader in and then POW! deliver the 'ol one/two sucker punch.

Aud is a delightful character--multifaceted and real. Girffith develops the book in such a way that I can see the cabin surrounded by trees, feel the breeze, and smell the dirt while in the next instance I can feel the grit of New York City, hear the blaring noise, and feel the sun glaring off the asphalt--all within the space of a page.

Although the premise of a... more info

she does it again:

Niccola Griffith has written another wonderful novel. Perhaps her greatest strengh as an author is her ability to delve so effectivly into the mind of her characters and make them fully developed without resorting to any cliche' or formula. In this follow up to the Blue Place we get to see Aud's tranformation through grief and sadness--and it works. Keep it up Niccola!

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