Alvin Lu

Hell Screens was such a great read. Alvin Lu’s first person character has such a mellow immediacy and his curiosity is so passive that it gives our journey an elusive air, which serves the story well. The manner in which he moves from one scene to another is abrupt and odd and in this nether world between ghost world and reality, it serves to disorient the reader, first to the point where you question everything, then to the point where you, like the main character, sit back and let it show more wash over you. When our hero starts to understand that his journey is out of his control is when we do the same, making it all the more interesting to follow.
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