Julie Proudfoot

I'm glad I didn't review The Neighbour until a day after I finished it; it's a heavy book or, should I say, a book about the heavy topic of grief and all of the ugly messiness that it may bring about. For that reason, topic/content-wise, it really wasn't my cup of tea...the heavy maze-like emotionality and crazy, ugly (but understandable) nonsensical behavior. The writing also didn't really seem to flow at times (and the book didn't turn out to be what I thought it might be about from the first couple of paragraphs I read before buying it). But it's a book that does a good job marinating, it stays with you...like grief, I guess. Fantastic ending though...Bob saves the day. That was really cool.… (more)