 | By: Nicola Morgan Binding: Paperback Publisher: Hodder Children's Books ISBN: 0340855568 ISBN-13: 9780340855560 Released: 17 Oct 2002 RRP: Average Rating:  |
"Mondays are red. Sadness has an empty blue smell. And music can taste of anything from banana puree to bat's pee".
This is how Luke feels. Ever since he has woken from his coma he feels different, he sees things differently, he is different. Since nearly dying from meningitis only a matter of days ago, he is no longer Luke, he can no longer run, but merely walk helplessly with a limp. He is no longer 'normal', but he has power, power to do anything, power to fly.
Synaesthesia has the power to do this, & with Dreeg, Luke's Satan, Luke can rule the world. He can have anything, but Luke starts to realise his needs compromise others, Is it worth it? Dreeg is everything, he is jellyfish, a snake, an octopus, to Luke he is his personal Satan, leading him astray.
Luke never reallly got on with his sister before, but since his terrible illness, hate has filled his body every time he sees her. He has unimaginable feelings of overpowering his sister, her begging for mercy, he doesn't want her anymore, her wants her dead. Luke has Dreeg & Dreeg has the power, will 'the slut' get her just desserts?
Since that red Monday, Luke has falllen for Seraphina, she understands Luke like no one else does, she knows synaesthesia, she feels synaesthesia, she has synaesthesia. She is everything Luke ever wanted, she is beautiful, a best friend, she is perfect, but she is Dreeg.
Power changes people, power can get too much, & for Luke it already has, it's time to give up power, it's time to give up Dreeg, but is it too late? Has he already lost the most important person in his life?
Mondays Are Red, by Nicola Morgan, is an interesting & worthwhile read. Her use of language does not come from her own experiences of synaesthesia, but of her unusual childhood, surrounded by miles of empty woodland, & Nicola's lack of feminine influences (she grew up in, & went to, an alll boy's school) is heavily apparent in her writing.
I would definitely recommend this to any person, of any age, who wants to escape reality for a couple of hours, without travelling to a paralllel universe. This is not your normal love orientated read. This book is most unusual; it deals with a serious issue, in an interesting way. The first chapters are tiresome, but persevere as I did, & I can assure you that you will moved by this story, of love, compassion & illness.
"Mondays are red. Sadness has an empty blue smell. And music can taste of anything from banana puree to bat's pee".
This is how Luke feels. Ever since he has woken from his coma he feels different, he sees things differently, he is different. Since nearly dying from meningitis only a matter of days ago, he is no longer Luke, he can no longer run, but merely walk helplessly with a limp. He is no longer 'normal', but he has power, power to do anything, power to fly.
Synaesthesia has the power to do this, & with Dreeg, Luke's Satan, Luke can rule the world. He can have anything, but Luke starts to realise his needs compromise others, Is it worth it? Dreeg is everything, he is jellyfish, a snake, an octopus, to Luke he is his personal Satan, leading him astray.
Luke never reallly got on with his sister before, but since his terrible illness, hate has filled his body every time he sees her. He has unimaginable feelings of overpowering his sister, her begging for mercy, he doesn't want her anymore, her wants her dead. Luke has Dreeg & Dreeg has the power, will 'the slut' get her just desserts?
Since that red Monday, Luke has falllen for Seraphina, she understands Luke like no one else does, she knows synaesthesia, she feels synaesthesia, she has synaesthesia. She is everything Luke ever wanted, she is beautiful, a best friend, she is perfect, but she is Dreeg.
Power changes people, power can get too much, & for Luke it already has, it's time to give up power, it's time to give up Dreeg, but is it too late? Has he already lost the most important person in his life?
Mondays Are Red, by Nicola Morgan, is an interesting & worthwhile read. Her use of language does not come from her own experiences of synaesthesia, but of her unusual childhood, surrounded by miles of empty woodland, & Nicola's lack of feminine influences (she grew up in, & went to, an alll boy's school) is heavily apparent in her writing.
I would definitely recommend this to any person, of any age, who wants to escape reality for a couple of hours, without travelling to a paralllel universe. This is not your normal love orientated read. This book is most unusual; it deals with a serious issue, in an interesting way. The first chapters are tiresome, but persevere as I did, & I can assure you that you will moved by this story, of love, compassion & illness.
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