Reignition of Beautiful Lies

So yeah, borrowed a couple of books from the library with the help of Ron on Sunday. Somehow, most of them came from the young adults section. Not that I have a gripe with that. Just an observation that how much young adult books still entertain me.

One book that I came across was called Emily Strange: Stranger & Stranger.

To my understanding, Emily Strange was based on a brand. A clothing brand or something. It features a image of a young, goth-like girl who has all these weird collection or something. But that's all I know. The last I read was Chloe Grace Moretz, of Hit-Girl fame, was in talks to star as the titular character in a film. But there has been no update so far on that project...

Anyhoo... Finished the book within a day and a half, if not for those pestering NS work..

Emily Strange is quite an awesome book. As in, the style of writing (First-person Narrative) is so juvenile, but at the same time, the ideas and the way Emily presents herself says otherwise. She is still a kid, but with a huge ego and she collects weird things. And she has this sense of respect for obscure heroes/celebrities from the past that kids her age don't normally do. Like Marlene Dietrich. Hell I don't even know her, except that I heard her name in a Wes Anderson movie.

What's the next interesting thing about her? Oh she invented a cat-translator, created a golem named Raven (a robot made from carcasses of birds and random things) and managed to duplicate herself by mistake.

I've read/watched movies where main characters clone themselves and then faces an ethical dilemma. This was a different approach. Because Emily is such an unorthodox character, but somehow you can imagine her being a real person in our world with her vulnerabilities, insecurities and ego. Then reading the book in Emily's voice is quite a delight.

Parts I liked:
1. Her doubts about herself as to whether she was the real Emily or not.
2. Suspicions about "OtherMe", as she calls the other Emily.
2. Her discovery of her duplicate being the evil-doer (Predictable, saw it coming but nonetheless awesome)
4. Her plan of stitching her evil twin to herself in the end. (Yeah, gotta have the suspend of disbelief)
5. The snakeskin-like peel

Anyway, you have all these fictional inventions, which I rarely encounter in books, and the characters are so absurd that it sucks you into that fantasy world.

However, I'm surprised how mature this book is. As in, for a young adult fiction book, it explores many themes, like identity and coming to terms with your own flaws. I'm sure there are other themes, but I missed them. Maybe I forgot how young adult books were like, but this was a decent, good read for the marathon start.

Yeah, I vow to start reading books again. It will be part of my daily life from now on. Neil Gaiman, Chuck Palahniuk and Haruki Murakami, I'm coming for you guys. Just wait... And maybe some Stephen King books.

Which book shall I read next?

I apologise for this hasty, lousy post=/ Aite, goodnight. THANKS LIBRARY AND RONNIE