Schrodinger's Baby: A Novel

By H.R. McGregor

Five students, living a life of carefree hedonistic abandon in a Glasgow, Scotland, student house, find events spinning out of control, to the point of betrayal and murder, after they find a body... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688168930
• ISBN13: 9780688168933
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

compelling and arbitrary

well, the other reviews have some point to them, except perhaps the first review's (imo) ludicrious assertion that one shouldn't allude to incredibly famous theories if the book isn't about them (and beyond that -- it is, to a degree, so it's a moot argument on that level, anyway) ... at any rate, this is basically a contemporary mystery novel, in a large way. there's definitely the payoff scene, albeit without angela lansbury cornering a defiant heiress. so don't expect a novel that's about grand themes, although its emotional landscape is compelling and realistic.what makes this book so compelling is the way it captures the arbitrary nature of life. how the strange chances add up to the whole and illustrate the random meaninglessness of every day existance. its characters felt very real to me, the main character's inability to function, obsession, lack of direction -- it all worked, very well. true, too, was kerry, a secondary character important to the plot. the way she acted, without a thought ... with philosophy conveniently applied but no over-arching plan to her life... it struck me as particularly real. i really related, which is something you may not be able to do if you don't have a bunch of strange, intelligent but utterly insane friends to make you believe in these characters like i do. =) at any rate, i definitely enjoyed it, and would wholeheartedly recommend it as an entertaining (not deeply meaningful, mind you, but extremely well-executed and gripping) read, to any of my friends. check this one out.

Hey, man, nice shot!

For a debut novel, this is a pretty good attempt at writing a story where the characters are so self-involved you feel like you've met them and gossiped behind their backs. The most arrogant character of all, Kerry, was so irritating that I loved it. I like when a writer can arouse that type of reaction in me just by writing about someone. And Kerry doesn't even exist! However, the applied theory of Schrodinger's cat is a poor attempt at being poetic, and poetic McGregor is not. What I do like about her is that her writing is straight-forward and lacks the frilly detail that so many authors think makes a book worthy. I do recommend this one if you're into a slight who-dunnit concept and story-telling that is for the most part to the point.