Grayson

Grayson by Lynne Cox

My rating: 1 of 5 stars


"This captivating best seller tells the true story of a miraculous encounter between a teenage girl and a baby whale off the coast of California."

"Together [Cox and Grayson] journey to the eventual mother-and-child reunion through a fantastical world of giant ocean sunfish, bat rays with five-foot wingspans and a school of dolphins."

I read this book at one go, mostly because it's not very dense, nor is it very captivating. The plot is well-known, of course: the baby gray whale has become separated from its mother, and will die if it can't find her again. The author helps.

I was offput by the New Age drivel woven through the story: "My thoughts were becoming negative.

"I knew that if I changed my thoughts, I could change the way I felt about what I was experiencing."

"Maybe if I think very hard his mother will hear me. Maybe she will hear my feelings with her sonar. Maybe she will hear me calling her through the water. Maybe brain waves can travel faster and longer through the water. Please, come this way, over here! I shouted with my mind.

. . .

Please hear me, Grayson's mother, swimming out there. If it's you swimming near the Huntington Brach jetty, please swim this wa: Grayson is here. Your son is here."

I suppose I sound like Scrooge -- bah humbug! to New Age Thought and attracting what you need out of the Universe. And actually, I do believe in all that. It just somehow sounded daft and pretentious in the book. Feel free to decide I was just feeling Scroogish when I read it, and ignore this scathing review. After all, it's a best seller, so millions other than me must have thought is was charming, sweet, mystical, and quite spiritual.



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