I finished reading this yesterday and I still don't really know how to grapple with it.
The book starts out with Daniel Logan, a 25 year old grad student, on an archaeological field trip with his advisor, 55 year old Jason Ross, whom Daniel is in love with. Within the space of the prologue the two of them have had sex and gotten together as a couple. The first chapter is three years later to the day, on their anniversary, and Jason is behaving a bit oddly, asking Daniel to leave their home and university jobs and run off together. The following morning, Daniel finds Jason's body after Jason has committed suicide, leaving no note.
The rest of the book is a cross between a mystery and a more typical romance, except that most romances don't start with the traumatic death of the main character's partner. Daniel finds both the answer behind Jason's suicide and love again with the aid of Lt. Rayne, who helps Daniel at an excavation site that contains the key. And then things get really wacky.
This book is baffling and I have no idea how it worked, but on the other hand it kept me reading and invested all the way until the end. The answers and resolutions and plot twists are totally absurd, and it's another book in which the two main characters are so isolated in their lives it defies belief, but I still really enjoyed reading it. I don't know if I'd call it a good book, but I also couldn't stop reading it. I don't know. It's a mystery.
Grade: B
The book starts out with Daniel Logan, a 25 year old grad student, on an archaeological field trip with his advisor, 55 year old Jason Ross, whom Daniel is in love with. Within the space of the prologue the two of them have had sex and gotten together as a couple. The first chapter is three years later to the day, on their anniversary, and Jason is behaving a bit oddly, asking Daniel to leave their home and university jobs and run off together. The following morning, Daniel finds Jason's body after Jason has committed suicide, leaving no note.
The rest of the book is a cross between a mystery and a more typical romance, except that most romances don't start with the traumatic death of the main character's partner. Daniel finds both the answer behind Jason's suicide and love again with the aid of Lt. Rayne, who helps Daniel at an excavation site that contains the key. And then things get really wacky.
This book is baffling and I have no idea how it worked, but on the other hand it kept me reading and invested all the way until the end. The answers and resolutions and plot twists are totally absurd, and it's another book in which the two main characters are so isolated in their lives it defies belief, but I still really enjoyed reading it. I don't know if I'd call it a good book, but I also couldn't stop reading it. I don't know. It's a mystery.
Grade: B
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