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A Certain Slant of Light | 
 enlarge | Author: Laura Whitcomb
Publisher: Graphia Books
Category: Book
List Price: £8.99
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 495
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 061858532X
EAN: 9780618585328
ASIN: 061858532X
Publication Date: September 21, 2005
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Condition: BRAND NEW - ***Delivery usually * 4 - 5 * working days - From Aphrohead of SOUTHPORT, Lancs, UK *** . Priority Airmail used Worldwide on International orders. Thanks from all at Aphrohead.
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 Clever & sexy! August 31, 2006
Whimsical Witch (Norway)
88 out of 89 found this review helpful
I bought this book because it was recomended to people that read & loved "Twilight" by Steph. Meyer. I loved it from the first page, for a first novel L.W. does an absolute splendid job. Her style of arranging words are amazing, elegant and very very clever!
The story tells of the remarkable relationship that springs between two ghosts (or Light). One who inhabits a boy's body (protecting it untill the boy's own soul returns) and one that has been haunting people for over 130 years. Against all odds they fall in love and Helen, who is still just a ghost decides to save a body as well, to be with James. When she does so, she not only get to taste apples for the first time in 130 years, but she also gets to taste the sweet & intoxicating juices of passion and love. James & Helen spend every possible moment together in their new bodies. But their host's lifes are not perfect, and they struggle to cope with everyday life. On top of this they are both trying to find out why God has not let them into heaven yet. What terrible crime did they do to deserve centuries on earth as Light?
It's a passionate story, filled with the true love of eras long gone, but with the snap of life in 2006. I recomend this book for older teens. It does have sexual contet (allthough all *very* tastefully written, and leaves most to imagination). People from age 16 and above (to 100yrs) will love this book. A great great read!!!!
A touching story of love and life May 2, 2006
Shana Lawlor (Dublin, Ireland)
34 out of 36 found this review helpful
Helen is a Light, a ghost. She haunts hosts, the living known as the Quick. She never strays too far away, for if she does, she feels the cold hand of her death coming to claim her. She does not know why she has not reached heaven, but feels that she has done something terrible. Because of her long love of literature Helen clings to poets, writers and playwrights, anyone who shares her love of literature. Helen's current host is Mr. Brown, a high school English teacher. Helen hovers over his shoulder whispering helpful hints in his ear and giving him inspiration.
One day, whilst in one of Mr. Brown's classes, something amazing happens. Someone sees her for the first time in 150 years. The Quick, is a boy, one of Mr. Browns students. Helen is terrified but intrigued. How did this young man see her? So begins her relationship with James. James is a Light, inhabiting the empty body of a Quick. Helen is the only other Light he has seen. Helen is so enthralled with James that she takes James as her new host. James tells her that the spirits of some of the Quick have left their bodies and the bodies are empty vessals waiting for someone to inhabit them. So Helen decides to take a body so that she can taste, feel, read, breathe and be alive again. And also to be with James.
Helen takes the body of a young girl in James' school. Finally after so long, Helen is alive again and with someone who cares about her, James. But Helen also sees flashes of her life, as does James. And they come to realise why their bodies spirits left. They both must face their deaths, and deal with the shambles of their bodies lives. But they have each other.
This was an enjoyable book. It had a unique story and heartwarming characters trying to find each other and themselves. For Laura Whitcombs' first novel this was a great success.
A certain slant of light December 29, 2007
Karina Read Sykora (West Yorkshire)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I loved this book, it has quickly become my favourite novel yet. I can't believe it's Laura Whitcomb's first novel. It's very well written and drawes you in right from the start. I had coincidentially just finished 'twilight' when i started this book, yet I can't see that they have that much in common.
This book is absolutely Outstounding, The story unfolded just how i wanted it too, yet had enough differences to still grip me. I bought it on a whim before it had had any reviews and i must say that the five stars the other reviewers have given it are very well deserved.
STORY OUTLINE:
The main character (Helen) is a ghost, or 'light' who is forced to be attatched to live people. The way it is written from a ghost's perspective is done really well. It soon becomes a love story as she meets a mysterious boy who can see her. The story unfolds as the too struggle to belong to each other in a world where they are almost the only species of their kind, yet are forced to live completly different existences.
I wouldn't know what gengre the book fits into which makes me love it all the more. I would say fantasy / Romance / Tragedy.
I definately recommend this book to anyone.
(SPEECHLESS) August 24, 2007
Amber (manchester, UK)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
One word for this book "Outstanding"...this book is such a moving and beautiful story that it kept me entranced from begining to end...this is one of those books that when you read it as a teen you are still amazed and moved by the story years down the line...i will still be recommending this book until the day i die...its a masterpiece and laura whitcomb is a very talented writter...this book gave me hours of enjoyment and i fully recommend it to anyone aged 15+...this book and story will stay with me forever...trust me you'll be sorry to miss out on this one...Buy It!!!
A beautiful change from the norm, September 5, 2007
Laylarnie (Hampshire, England)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
There is no doubt that Whitcomb is a very good writer using eloquent language and description that touches all the senses. I don't know how to describe this other that a very quite book, it's almost like a secret, to read alone. This book had a very dark and sombre tone that has a beautiful catharsis to conclude. It is unlike the usual romance as the sexual references are very realistic and not drawn out.
I read this book with out feeling that the characters romance was anything other than a small role; Whitecomb's character relationships are subtle and not thrust in your face as cliches.
It is a book that I would recommend for people who really appreciate the English language and want something refreshing and beautiful to read as a break form their normal style of literature.
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