I've finally finished another book. It seems that I keep choosing novels which are very intense reading, and so I can never finish them quickly. Depressing, I know. Anyway, the novel I finished is Titania Hardie's The Rose Labyrinth. It's going to be hard to comment on this one, mostly because I kind of forget what went on in the first part of the book, mostly because I've only been able to devout a lot of time to reading it in the last few days (Thank you study break!!). This novel is very philosophical. It delves into theology, religion, philosophy, and myths. It is full of riddles (which I never actually solved myself) also.
Basically, it's about a woman who receives a heart transplant, and then falls in love with her surgeon, only because they feel a special connection with one another. They also partake on a journey of sorts to solve the mystery surrounding a set of keys that were left in the surgeon's brother's will (he died in a motorcycle accident). It's full of mystery and intrigue, and some action.
The only part I really didn't like was that, if you don't read slowly, you won't understand how the riddles are solved, or how they all connect together. It makes it difficult, because the riddles have a major part in the novel, so a few times I had to re-read parts in order to understand and follow the novel properly. I would recommend it to friends though. It's a definite 'curl up on a couch for a stormy afternoon' read.
Anyway, until next time, Happy reading!
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