Haunted by The Bright Fish
Can a book be scary/creepy, haunting, disturbing, poetic and romantic all at the same time? Apparently so. Like the fish in its title, there is something about The Bright Fish…starting with the cover…that is hard to resist, even when you want to. There were times while reading it when I was almost overwhelmed with the eeriness of it all, but curiosity about where the story would go next combined with a real affection for the 2 main characters (as well as some of the eccentric minor ones) made me stay and keep reading.
The book is about many things – romantic love, connection, life, and death, told through the voice of Hugo, a 20-year-old who has won a cruise on The Aurora and has brought his girlfriend, with whom he is very much in love, along with him. Their innocence and attachment to each…
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