Sean Randall reviewed Resonance by Chris Dolley
Review of 'Resonance' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
"at the last count you had 472 fathers and 4,487 mothers."
It's quite evident from the outset of this crackingly enjoyable story that Graham, our strange protagonist, is rather odd. he has strange habits, strange ideas, strange issues. And naturally they worsen a hundredfold throughout.
"Why hadn't fate picked someone brighter? Not someone who took five minutes to lock a door and couldn't sleep if he thought a picture was hanging crooked."
I've seen some odd literary heroes in my time, but graham is up there with the best of them. His whole world is completely skewed, and only people with connections to other worlds can be of any help to him.
"I'm the girl with two hundred voices in her head. I believe everything."
of course no romp through multiple worlds is complete without a female sidekick and love interest, and the 200 provided are certainly interesting candidates. I …
"at the last count you had 472 fathers and 4,487 mothers."
It's quite evident from the outset of this crackingly enjoyable story that Graham, our strange protagonist, is rather odd. he has strange habits, strange ideas, strange issues. And naturally they worsen a hundredfold throughout.
"Why hadn't fate picked someone brighter? Not someone who took five minutes to lock a door and couldn't sleep if he thought a picture was hanging crooked."
I've seen some odd literary heroes in my time, but graham is up there with the best of them. His whole world is completely skewed, and only people with connections to other worlds can be of any help to him.
"I'm the girl with two hundred voices in her head. I believe everything."
of course no romp through multiple worlds is complete without a female sidekick and love interest, and the 200 provided are certainly interesting candidates. I very much enjoyed puzzling out how Graham was going to get everything sorted. Though some of the dimensional theory was a little confusing at times.
It's perhaps difficult to reconcile the quiet, placid Graham with the one that involves himself with resonance so forcefully. maybe I should stop underestimating the power of love.