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amethyst_knight's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Torture
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Death of parent and Grief
charles423's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Really well written Urban-fantasy thriller. Dan Wells brings his strong sense of pacing, Brandon Sanderson his patented Sanderlanche.
The narrators were all top notch; the main character started out a bit rough, but she grew on me as a character and narrator. I think she got better as she fell into the podcast-feel. There were one or two narrators in the cast that just didn't have "it," but the appearances were short lived.
In some cases, I thought something would contribute to the plot in an interesting way (e.g. a character named Lamar is forgotten (not forgotten in a plot-significant way, just forgotten by the narrative) and isn't mentioned again until a near random-moment).
You should not be too worried about not having read the Dark One comic; Forgotten could work as either a prequel or a starting point, in my opinion.
If you liked projects like The Magnus Archives or The Black Tapes, I think this will be a salifying edition to the "Serial-like supernatural fake-real-crime podcast" genre.
The narrators were all top notch; the main character started out a bit rough, but she grew on me as a character and narrator. I think she got better as she fell into the podcast-feel. There were one or two narrators in the cast that just didn't have "it," but the appearances were short lived.
In some cases, I thought something would contribute to the plot in an interesting way (e.g. a character named Lamar is forgotten (not forgotten in a plot-significant way, just forgotten by the narrative) and isn't mentioned again until a near random-moment).
You should not be too worried about not having read the Dark One comic; Forgotten could work as either a prequel or a starting point, in my opinion.
If you liked projects like The Magnus Archives or The Black Tapes, I think this will be a salifying edition to the "Serial-like supernatural fake-real-crime podcast" genre.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture
Minor: Kidnapping, Torture, Murder, and Violence
Torture explanation:windrunner_nyy's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
This is better than I expected. The story and performance was amazing.
Content Warnings
Minor: Kidnapping and Torture
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