It's a pleasure to take part in the Blogtour Isaac and the Egg by Bobby Palmer.
About the Author
Bobby Palmer is a freelance journalist who writes for publications including Time Out, GQ, Men's Health and Cosmopolitan. Isaac and the Egg is his debut novel. Follow @thebobpalmer on Twitter
Heartbreaking and heart-stealing, this bestselling modern-day fable is an unforgettable novel about sorrow, joy, friendship and love. When Isaac Addy walks into the woods on the worst day of his life and finds something extraordinary there, he already knows he's going to take it home.
A grieving Isaac and his curious new friend are unlikely companions. They don't even speak the same language. But their chance encounter will transform Isaac's life in ways he cannot yet imagine. And maybe he will finally be able to tell the truth.
Sometimes, to get out of the woods, you have to go into them. Isaac and the Egg is one of the most hopeful, honest and wildly imaginative novels you will ever read.
Review
The reader meets Isaac in the grip of heightened emotions, at his lowest and on a precipice. End the pain and the torment with death. Until something happens or rather something intervenes, which changes the course of his plans - at least for that moment in time.
Interesting. It's literary fiction with an element of magical realism. I suppose it also depends on how to want to engage with and view Egg. Is Egg a reality? Or is Egg a fiction of his imagination, to be more precise is Egg his coping mechanism?
The manifestation of Egg begins at the peak of the grief, desperation and an inch before committing suicide. Isaac is in a physical and emotional tug-of-war. Nothing to feel on this side of choice - life. Certainly even less on the other side - jumping off a bridge. He hears what I can only refer to as a core primal scream. Core emotions vented.
Now, is that scream not only him, but experienced as external, ergo as Egg. Is it also his subconscious will to survive coming forward as a more vocal conscious state? Each action and expression by Egg is in fact Isaac, which is why the story ends the way it does. Well, that's my interpretation and I am sticking with it.
It's the kind of book or story that might be a bit of a Marmite experience. I found it an intriguing piece of work and look forward to more by this author.
Buy Isaac and the Egg at Amazon Uk or go to Goodreads for any other retailer. Publisher : Headline Review; pub date 18 Aug. 2022. Buy at Amazon com.
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