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Loading... Set This House in Order: A Romance of Soulsby Matt Ruff
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This book is a wild imaginative ride of two people with Multiple Personality Disorder. In the book, both of the main characters "die" or at least, their souls die due to abuse. As a result, their souls are splintered into different personalities. Both characters, Andrew Gage and Penny Driver must find a way to live with their diagnosis through "lost time", fighting with other souls in their head, as well as learn the secrets from their pasts. I read Bad Monkeys first and really loved the writing style of the author. It is highly imaginative and daring. The writing leaves you at the edge of your seat, not knowing what will happen next. I don't know anyone with Mulitple personality disorder, but I have seen some documentaries on it. I am not sure if things transpire in the heads of the character as they do in real life, but the story was very real to me and believable. When Andy Gage would transform to a different soul, the transformation looks very physical. From Seferis the protector to Adam the teenager, the transformations are very believable. (  ) shadowofthewind | Sep 8, 2009 |  Really excellent and unconventional book. The author had me literally holding my breath during some descriptions. Not a difficult read, but not an easy one, for sure. (  ) cbertz | Aug 27, 2009 | Oddball romantic-drama. Andy Gage is the key 'soul', managing his household of multi-personalities, working in dysfunctional IT start-up business. Matched up by his kooky boss with Penny, still warring with her 'souls', his life unravels—secrets not faced come back with a bite. Sensitive and funny account with vivid characters. ( ) ablueidol | Aug 20, 2009 | I thought this book was entertaining and that it conveyed the chaos that would probably occur in someones life with MPD (or what I imagine it might be like at least). The only thing that I didn't really enjoy was the ending. I found that it seemed that it had been thrown together quickly as a means to tie up lose ends with a few pages at the end of the book. If you have read any other Matt Ruf] books and enjoyed them I would not hesitate to recommend this one. The witty style that he brings to his works is present here as well and helps to lend a realistic voice to the souls in the household. ( ) Liberuno | Mar 11, 2009 | The plot and resolution don't quite live up to the idea and characterisation. Nevertheless, very enjoyable read, and I'd like to do some further reading on MPD now. ( ) elmyra | Nov 11, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 006095485X, Paperback)Andy Gage was born in 1965 and murdered not long after by his stepfather. . . . It was no ordinary murder. Though the torture and abuse that killed him were real, Andy Gage's death wasn't. Only his soul actually died, and when it died, it broke in pieces. Then the pieces became souls in their own right, coinheritors of Andy Gage's life. . . . While Andy deals with the outside world, more than a hundred other souls share an imaginary house inside Andy's head, struggling to maintain an orderly coexistence: Aaron, the father figure; Adam, the mischievous teenager; Jake, the frightened little boy; Aunt Sam, the artist; Seferis, the defender; and Gideon, who wants to get rid of Andy and the others and run things on his own. Andy's new coworker, Penny Driver, is also a multiple personality, a fact that Penny is only partially aware of. When several of Penny's other souls ask Andy for help, Andy reluctantly agrees, setting in motion a chain of events that threatens to destroy the stability of the house. Now Andy and Penny must work together to uncover a terrible secret that Andy has been keeping . . . from himself. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:15 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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