Book Review 2-07: BROWN EYES

I read BROWN EYES. This book is written about a man and woman who stay at a hotel. One day, the man is spoken to by some people. 'Hello again,' they say. However, he feels strange about that because he meets them for the first time on the day. He gradually thinks someone is pretending to be him. The woman worries about him, so they decide to look for the person. They have only 1 clue. It is the person is like him. Can they know the truth?

Peter and Susan, a couple, arrived at The Hotel Vista, their hotel in Lea-on-Sea, on Saturday. Mrs Brown who works there brought 2 cups of coffee to them, and she talked with them a little. They met first 13 years ago in the hotel. In other words, the hotel was a memorable place for them! 'Hello again,' Mary who is Mrs Brown's daughter said to Peter. 'Again?' he said. 'Yes. Don't you remember? You said "hello" in the bank yesterday,' she said. 'Oh, y...yes!' he said and pretended to remember. After that, Peter and Susan walked down to the sea to swim. Then, they went to Connor's cafe. 'Hello again!' John Connor said to Peter. However, this wasn't the second time for Peter to meet him. Peter felt strange about that. 'Someone is pretending to be me,' he thought. They looked for the person, but they couldn't find the person. Suddenly, Susan moved back. It's him!' she said. They didn't want to lose him, but they lost him. After that, they went back to the hotel. A sound was heard from their room. They went into the room carefully. Then, they found a picture on the bed. Amazingly, the picture showed Peter and Susan! 'Who took it?' they thought. Suddenly, they heard a noise, and a man with Peter's face was there. He had a gun in his hand. 'Don't move. Or I'll shoot,' he said. Peter was afraid of his face, not his gun. He had Peter's nose, mouth, ears and hair. Susan knew him. His name was Stephen who worked with her 15 years ago. 'I love you,' he said. 'I do not love you,' she said. Susan persuaded him to surrender himself to the police desperately. However, Stephen shot her. Susan was dead!! Then, he hit Peter on the head. It all went black. After some time, Peter opened his eyes again. He tried to get up, but it was difficult. 'Do you plan to shoot me, too?' he said. 'No, I don't. You're going to prison,' Stephen said. Then, Mrs Brown came to the door. 'What are you doing in there?' she shouted. He put his hand over Peter's mouth. 'I shot Susan! I'm sorry,' he said. 'Now she'll phone the police, and they'll come for you,' he said. Then, he took the mask from his face. In belief, he shifted the crime to Peter! 'Now there's only 1 Peter again,' he said. A few hours later, some policemen came here. Eventually, they took Peter to prison.

BROWN EYES included a sad conclusion. I couldn't imagine the conclusion from the title of this book. Peter seemed to be pity because he lost Susan and was shifted the crime, which was the murder of her, by Stephen. Then, I thought Mrs Brown was a little stupid. The reason why I thought so is that she trusted Stephen's words and called the police soon. Were I her, I would look inside the room. [583 words]