Luke T Harrington

Vivid imagery and steadily building suspense make Luke T. Harrington’s Ophelia, ALIVE a good choice for fans of psychological thrillers. That is not my usually preferred genre so the fact that it kept me from putting it aside should also be a recommendation.

This was also my best example yet of some differences between a traditional print book and an eBook. Ophelia, the main character, loses track of time continually, while the reader has the advantage of date and time “chapter headings”. For this reader, being able to flip pages physically would have been more convenient. What led me to request this title from LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers list (where I received it for free) were the phrases “noted humorist” and “a lot like Hamlet”, as well as the somewhat quirky style of the plot description; somehow I ignored the “horror opus” note. Had I picked up a print copy of the book while browsing, I probably would not have chosen to read it. None of this will prevent me from recommending it however.… (mehr)

I was a little disappointed with “Ophelia, Alive” and was not what I was expecting. What seemed as a good story of how Ophelia was part of an experiment, turned out to be a difficult read for me. I thought the writing was good, however the overall flow of the story was discombobulated in thought. It felt to me as though ideas were put on paper and yet never organized or resolved. Maybe that was the intent of the author to demonstrate the effects of drugs and how a young adult interprets life, but there were some parts left unfinished. This was an interesting plot and I think I would have enjoyed the book more if I took the time to read slowly. My suggestion: read slowly.… (mehr)