Fear of Symmetry

I finally have another book review for you! No, it's not Babel Tower, which I just cannot seem to finish for the life of me.

Instead, I got sidetracked by Her Fearful Symmetry, which is the second novel by one of my most favoritest authors, Audrey Niffenegger. She wrote what is probably my all time favorite book, The Time Traveler's Wife, and it is AMAZING. Go read it now, then read Her Fearful Symmetry.

Anyhoo, Symmetry is about twins and ghosts and love and haunting, all set in an eerie old apartment building next to Highgate Cemetery in London. A woman dies of cancer and leaves her apartment to he very odd, yet very pretty and interesting, twin nieces and the story is what unfolds after they take up residence in this strange beautiful place.

The story is very complex and at times incredibly sad and haunting, but all so beautiful. I love the Niffenegger writes; I just want to crawl into her words and live there forever. Not to mention now I really want to go check out Highgate Cemetery. It just seems so fascinating.

But I must warn readers, it's not a book that makes you feel particularly happy and the ending isn't necessarily happy either. Yet it is still one of the most interesting and gripping novels I have read in a while. Niffenegger just seems to have this gift for creating a story that you might never had thought of and then going about telling it in such a unique way.

It really was a lovely book that, even after I'd finished it, was still thinking about the story for a long time. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for something a little less ordinary, but still completely wonderful.