[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Secret Book of Designs" by Catamount Mayhugh.]
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Blaise Joule, most commonly known as BJ, is at the Red Lion Manor to fight his addiction to Vu also known as Ever a hallucinogenic drug. The rehab facility is a house filled with twelve other individuals also suffering from a Vu / Ever addiction and have decided that want to fight their addiction. The house also consists of 6 councillors and Doctor Poe who are there for moral support and to lead them through the recovery program. The program uses poetry as a form of therapy to help fight the addiction so the group meets up to speak and create poetry as well as express there feeling and there reason why they started vu and why they wanted to give it up, and they also have group sessions with Doctor Poe. While at the Red Lion House B-J takes a liking to Cecilia one of the Vu addiction suffers .W.A.S bends is another side effect of Vu where the victim hallucinates and B-J starts to suffer from W.A.S bends. As the book progresses so does Cecilia and B-J relationship and love for each other. Tragedy strikes affecting their relationship and shatters B-J’s whole world and what he knows about his life.
I am not one hundred percent sure what genre this book falls in there is some romance and drama with some mystery and tragedy.
I was not a huge fan off this book as there was too much detail that it made it a big boring after a while, the story line got a bit much after a while. At first I was frustrated as I thought the author was creating so many grammar problems, but as I progressed further in the book I found out it was just the way B-J speaks due to I side effect of Vu usage called SLI, Selective Language Impairment. The book did contain a good story line though with interesting characters.
The author has a good writing style and pays attention to detail, I would gladly read one of his books again if it did not contain so much unnecessary detail. Other than the book being a bit to long for the story line, I think the author still managed to create a good story.
I would recommend this book to anyone who loves all those small details in a book. I would rate it a
2 out of 4.
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