Novel The Glass Mountain
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"I knew I should've killed myself when I had the chance". A book with an opening line such as this is surely not going to be the average teenage adventure. The Glass Mountain by Celeste Walters is a gripping, passionate and complex story. This is a book that I wouldn't class as mainstream, but is also not so far out there that it is not grounded and realistic. The genre of The Glass Mountain would be probably dramatic adventure, because of the quite involved plot lines that follow the young boy, through a childhood of neglect and abuse but at the same time relaying the story at hand. I take an alternative reading position with this book as I do find the explicit language to be slightly excessive as well as in my opinion, some of the characteristics of the people are farfetched and inaccurate.
We begin the story with a brief yet informative excerpt on the life of Austin Ingram, also known as Ossie. Whilst travelling with a biker gang known as the "Pit Vipers", he pulls into a small country town to get supplies and rest up for the night as per usual. However for some reason he feels the urge to snatch an elderly lady's purse and Ossie, in return, drives straight into a tree. Talk about bad karma...