fantasy
Due to childhood trauma and parental mental illness, Myra
leads the life of a hermit. However, she has her very special miniature
house—it is not a dollhouse, as she says, because no dolls live there—which is
the center of her life. She spends practically all her time redecorating it and makes a living writing and blogging about it.
Meanwhile, Alex discovers that his actual house, including its interior furnishings,
have been inexplicably replicated in miniature in Myra’s miniscule mansion. He
must find out more about Myra and her mansion.
I enjoyed this creative story. How many of us have ever
imagined that our play actions in our doll house are magically controlling the
lives of some other people somewhere else in the world? That was the memory I recalled
while reading this novel. True, The Miniscule Mansion of Myra Malone isn’t
overwhelmingly plausible, but I did find it overwhelmingly enjoyable.
Before Alex discovered Myra’s website, Myra and Alex were
unaware of each other. But there was obviously some connection on a
supernatural level. Before this realization, Myra had always felt the magic
within her mini mansion. The growth of
their relationship was satisfying to read. Audrey Burges jumped between
timeframes to illustrate a little of the mansion’s story at a time. The
quirkiness of the story and the characters pulled me in.
The audiobook narrator, Christine Lakin, was really terrific
with multiple voices for various characters including male voices. Her voice
acting was spot on and there is no reason to withhold an A+.
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