Unfortunately, that Only Murderscomparison fits the description of the novel better than the novel itself. I went in very optimistic, and at first it seemed like this was going to be a win for me. I generally love magical realism, and I once saw Other Birds described as Only Murders in the Buildingmeets. When one of the occupants dies the night Zoey arrives, she becomes convinced that there’s more to this little community than first meets the eye. In addition to Zoey there’s Charlotte (an unemployed henna artist running from her past), Mac (a chef perpetually covered in cornmeal), Frasier (who has a strange obsession with the unusual birds that run amok on the premises), Lizbeth (a busybody and a hoarder), Lucy (Lizbeth’s sister who never leaves her room), and Oliver (who ran away from the Dellawisp first chance he got). The Dellawisp is an unusual residence, home to a number of unusual people who have been handpicked by the mysterious author Roscoe Avanger, whose novel put this island on the map. Right off the heels of Mercury Pictures Presents, however, Other Birds is a relief.Īfter Zoey is rushed out of the house by her father and step-mother, she moves into a room her late mother left for her on a small island. If I’d picked it for myself, I might have been disappointed. I was a little bored at times, but on the whole it was a nice book. Is this going to be something great like Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow or The Vanishing Half, or is it going to be torturous experience like Florence Adler Swims Forever or Matrix? Other Birds landed somewhere in the middle. Every time I start a new one, I’m trepidatious.
I’ve actively liked maybe three of their picks in the last three/three-and-a-half years. I haven’t liked a lot of the book club books personally, I think whomever choses the books for Barnes and Noble could do a loooooot better.
Like most quote-unquote “literary” books that I read, I read Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen for book club.
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