The Glittering World : A Book Club Recommendation! (Paperback)

from Carolesrandomlife

I liked parts of this book quite a bit but as a whole this book didn't work for me. It wasn't a book that I really looked forward to listening to and I found it really easy to set aside. In most cases, I would be able to listen to an audiobook of this length in about a week. This one took me abou...

from myownwoman

I don't understand. There, I said it. I don't understand the hype. Maybe, partially, it's because I don't understand the book. I''ll be the first to throw that out there: I don't get it. And, you know what? That's fine. Different strokes for different folks, and different books for different...pe...

from 24girl

When deciding if I should read and review this book what really caught my attention and made me choose it was that it was compared to Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane and Scott Smith's The Ruins. Both were books that I loved. The Glittering World is definitely a strange journey with...

from SheTreadsSoftly

The Glittering World by Robert Levy is a recommended novel that encompasses fantasy and self-discovery.The story in The Glittering World is told in four parts by four different characters. It opens with Michael "Blue" Whitley and his friends Elisa, Jason, and Gabe, all traveling from NYC to the S...

from AltheaAnn

Imagine: Kelly Link's "The Summer People" meets Elizabeth Hand's "Last Summer at Mars Hill" with a bit of the 'feel' of Graham Joyce (especially 'Some Kind of Fairytale').If you haven't read those other stories, go read them now. But read this book too. Blue is a young New York City restaurateur....