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Castle | J. Robert Lennon

I‘ve started this one. Nothing has really happened yet , but I feel very uneasy… so far so good 👍🏻

BarbaraBB I just read this too. The suspense!! I think @Billypar recommended it. A real good Lennon again! 4mo

Billypar @BarbaraBB Yeah, this was a good one. It does make you feel very uneasy, and the tension keeps ratcheting up as it goes. 4mo

Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB @Billypar Oh great stuff! Looking forward to reading more of it now 👍🏻 4mo

sarahbarnes I can‘t wait to get to this one of his! 3mo

Cathythoughts @sarahbarnes He‘s intense , that‘s for sure. 👍🏻 3mo

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BarbaraBB

Castle | J. Robert Lennon

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Eric Loesch, a private man with a shadowy past, returns to his childhood home in rural NY where he purchases and renovates a derelict house with steely determination. The adjacent woods seem to beckon him and he discovers a gothic castle at the centre of his land that he appears not to own.
This intriguing and strange narrative evokes the question of how much is real or representative of Eric‘s state of mind.

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BarbaraBB @Billypar @sarahbarnes You were right Vinny, another great Lennon read. Just more proof we must read all his books! 5mo

Billypar Glad you liked it! And what a perfect woodsy backdrop - hope you're having a good trip 🌳🌳 5mo

Suet624 How are you managing to read so much while you‘re traveling? 5mo

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BarbaraBB @Suet624 I have a lot more time to read than when I am working and managing my family 😀 5mo

BookWrym Sounds intriguing 5mo

Cathythoughts I have to stack it 👍🏻❤️ 5mo

Liz_M Too bad you didn't finish reading this while in Nara and visiting the park with the famous deer. 😁 5mo

BarbaraBB @Cathythoughts Yes you have too!! 5mo

BarbaraBB @Liz_M I was thinking that too! How are you Liz? You‘ve been quiet I think? All well? 5mo

sarahbarnes Yay, I can‘t wait to get to this one! 😃 He‘s so good. Great pic! 5mo

Cathythoughts Ordered 👍🏻 5mo

Megabooks This sounds really good! 4mo

BarbaraBB @Megabooks It is. It‘s a typical Lennon. 4mo

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Billypar

Castle | J. Robert Lennon

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The best way I can describe this is part gothic thriller - part early 2000s U.S. military critique, as strange as that combo sounds. Eric Loesch, a former military officer, returns to his hometown to purchase a large plot of wooded land with a decrepit old house that he plans to restore, and he responds to questions from curious town residents with hostility and paranoia. Naturally, strange events linked to his past start occurring... 👇

Billypar ... but even though what follows seems stitched together from the tropes of much older novels, Lennon breathes new life into them, and I read this compulsively, like a great thriller. But it also has more layers to it. The unlikable main character's voice was eerily authentic, reflecting an American male persona that internalizes military dogma and sees human relationships as not mission-critical. I also liked how the time shifts were handled 👇 6mo

Billypar I get restless from the structure of so many modern novels that alternate between present and past action at regular intervals. Instead, Lennon withholds key details about Eric's past, and the narrative moves at a quick pace, only to flashback later to explain some of the mystery. @BarbaraBB I think I'm going to follow your lead and try to read everything J. Robert Lennon has written based on how much I enjoyed this and Subdivision. 6mo

BarbaraBB That is such a good idea! And I haven‘t read Castle yet but I do have a copy and am now looking forward to it ver much, thank you! My next Lennon will be

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Centique Great review! This sounds wonderful 🙌 5mo

sarahbarnes I haven‘t read this one yet but I love him and am trying to read all of his books. I just found used copies of two of his that I haven‘t read yet. The Funnies and The Light of Falling Stars. 5mo

Billypar @sarahbarnes I think I need to try Broken River next since I've heard so many good things. The GR description for The Funnies just says: "Dust marks on cover and edge of pages. Wear to edges." ? 5mo

sarahbarnes 😂😂 I did like Broken River quite a bit. 5mo

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Christopher_Tallon

Castle | J. Robert Lennon

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I can't describe this book very well. It's one of a kind. A guy returns home from the military, restores his old family home, and takes a very strange journey into his own mind. Weird. Awesome. Love this author.
Try it.

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