Lyrical Prose

Last week when I went to the library, I happened across a young adult book list. After scanning it briefly and deciding against looking into the books, I hit the shelves for my usual perusal. By chance, I came across a book that I had seen on the list and decided to take a chance on it. The book is Skellig by David Almond, and the description on the back of the book (after a somewhat sappy summary), labels the book as "lyrical prose." Suprisingly, the idea of a lyrical prose novel intrigued rather than spurned me, and I was soon sucked in. The story line is definitely a little strange and has to be taken with a grain of salt, but if you read it from the poetic, metaphoric stance that I think it was written from, it has some promise. Most of all, I was wowed by his masterful, beautiful writing style and how his style and message (albeit weird) really came together in the end. Check it out and see what you think - it's a quick read of only 181 pages.