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The Opposite of
Life
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I remember screaming
very loudly.
In TV shows, that’s where the ad break comes in, while some ninny is
screaming
her head off. No ad breaks in life, though.
Lissa Wilson has seen
more than enough
death in her family, so when people start being savagely killed
whenever
she has a night out in Melbourne with her beautiful new boyfriend,
she’s
determined to investigate and to make the killing stop. Even when she
realises
the murders must be the work of a vampire.
Things had been looking
up for this
librarian and 21st century geekgirl, but the murders make her remember
why she prefers books to people. People leave you. People can die.
She finds herself teaming
up with
the painfully awkward Gary to get to the undead heart of the matter.
But
there are more challenges in store than Gary’s appalling fashion sense.
The idea of living
forever can be
a big temptation for someone who has lost so much….
What are they saying
about The
Opposite of Life?
 "There's plenty of blood and gore in Harris'
book, plenty of violence as well, but you don't get dragged into the
depths of despair for long. There's lots of humour in the mix as well
for counterbalance. Lissa's humour is very dry and dead-pan (pardon the
pun) while The Guy in the Hawaiian shirt is her perfect foil." - Edwina
Harvey, Andromeda
Spaceways Inflight Magazine #40
- "I've always been a sucker for
a good vamp story... The
Opposite of Life is about life and death, and love and revenge, and
loss and grief, and solving brutal murders. Oh, and dating." - Lindy
Cameron, Stiletto (Sisters in Crime Australia magazine)
- "So why is this book
so
great? For one,
Harris' vampires actually make sense... Also, Lissa is a fun narrator.
She has an easy, chatty style that keeps the story moving and mixes
humor
into all situations... ... a quirky, fun vampire novel that isn't quite
like any I've read before." - Fashionista Piranha, Livejournal. Read
the whole review here.
- "A
well made plot
with a killer (literally) ending" - Crime author Kerry Greenwood.
- "For
me, there
are three kinds of books: books I don’t like, books I like and books I
like so much that I can’t wait to push them on my friends saying, “You
HAVE to read this!” The Opposite of Life? Well, that goes in the last
category."
- JM, The Book Stacks. Read the whole review here.
- "Narrelle M Harris
manages to dodge
the cliches of the chick-lit vampire genre with The Opposite of Life...
Harris' novel is completely removed from your standard carbon-copy
Buffy
book... The study of Melbourne street culture is also an interesting
drawcard.
For those of you who are tired of rereading your dog eared copies of
Twilight
or New Moon, pick up a copy of this novel. you won't be disappointed."
-AD John, Black Magazine Issue #2 (September 2008)
- "Harris... takes a
more
poignant approach
in a tale that’s also fresh, witty and – most importantly – original"
Paula
Weston, Great Stories. Read the whole reviewhere.
- "...Harris’
vampires...aren’t just lonely
superpowered humans... Coupled with a heroine who doesn’t veer off into
badly-thought-out-Buffy-clone when faced with adversity and a
particularly
rich and engaging urban landscape... there is a lot to like about The
Opposite
of Life." - K Tempest Bradley, Fantasy Magazine. Read the whole
review here.
- "Harris has come up
with
an excellent
take on vampires." - Murex Brandaris, Imperial Purple. Read
the
whole review here.
- "...an absolute
humdinger of a first
novel." - Prudence Russell, Aurealis, April 2008. Read the whole
review here.
- "An absorbing
novel...
multi-layered...
the characters are well-drawn." - The Bookish. Read the whole
review here.
- "Harris shows a deft
descriptive touch
and an eye for setting... Melissa has the right combination of
fragility
and sass to carry the story." - Jason Nahrung in The Courier-Mail, 9
February
2008. Read the whole review here
(pdf).
- "A good read, it
drew me
along... I
did NOT see the ending coming." - Tehani Wessely, Andromeda Spaceways.Read
the whole review here.
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