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rank 5851
word count 25764
date submitted 10.03.2012
date updated 10.03.2012
genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fantasy,...
classification: universal
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Pantheon of Ages or Veracious Innocents May Wither

Cat Fleming

When you have nothing to live for, does choosing to exist in your own reality, make you insane? If so, isn't that better than suicide?

 

Ann is floating away and needs someone to ground her, but her parents are in Europe and her best friend is too self-absorbed. She is alone in the family mansion with her memories of her dead brother and freaky flashbacks from her childhood. The only person there for her is the housekeeper, who seems nice, but she has some very strange habits. All she can think about is her brother, Pauly, and how everything would be okay if he were still alive. After she breaks her leg in a bizarre accident, Ann's not-so-ordinary normal life veers rapidly into the weird zone. She is plummeted into a half-real world of mythological creatures, riddles and epic violence, but populated by the people in her normal life. Through the semi-reality of her quest-life Ann discovers the unimaginable actuality of her family history and how facing the truth and standing up for what is right redeems her, in her quest-life. Still anguished and lost in the real world, Ann comes to question the validity of reality, and whether there is there anything true in either of her worlds. If not, then is she free to choose in which she will live?

 
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allegory, decision making, deep, fantasy, fiction, greek tragedy, grieving, questions, slip stream, ya, young adult, young adult literary

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Pollyanna Pilsbury wrote 437 days ago

Hi Cat.
Your story is a truly imaginative piece of writing.
Fascinating, colourful characters (that includes the parrot).
The majority of the book is well written and edited, I did pick out a few things, that you might want to check.
'Ann rarely ever got all A's; she never want to give them the satisfaction.' Should it be 'wanted'?
What's 'deve'? Teenage language I assumed. I've never heard it, it was a bit distracting as I spent some time trying to find out.
".....I didn't see any loves scenes..." Should it be 'love scenes'?
The dark font you use, doesn't make it the most comfortable read. On first glance, the easier on the eye, the more readers you will attract.
'Burgeoning' A fantastic description and one not used often enough these days. It's the little things like this that make your book shine.
I enjoyed what I've read so far, I'll be back to read more, when I have more time.
Good luck with it.
Pollyanna. 'Marsupeople'.

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