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acaskoftroutwine's review
5.0
This Town Will Never Let Us Go is a book that I think gets unjustly looked over. It's probably one of the best books I've ever read, and would be the one that I would point to to show what Faction Paradox can do. But even if one hasn't read or heard of Faction Paradox or Doctor Who, this book is incredibly well written and structured, and can just be enjoyed as it's own book.
Suffice it to say, this book is Lawrence Miles talking about and discussing everything he can, asking questions about our relationship with media, magic, celebrity, war, culture, and society. The real meat of the book is found in these digressions, and how they fold back into a vast, interconnected web that the characters are caught in.
Like a lot of great science fiction, Lawrence Miles is discussing society and where we fit into it, and he nails down that feeling of existing in a small town and the way that the outer world filters in through the cracks, and just like the title says, that feeling that the town will never let you go.
Suffice it to say, this book is Lawrence Miles talking about and discussing everything he can, asking questions about our relationship with media, magic, celebrity, war, culture, and society. The real meat of the book is found in these digressions, and how they fold back into a vast, interconnected web that the characters are caught in.
Like a lot of great science fiction, Lawrence Miles is discussing society and where we fit into it, and he nails down that feeling of existing in a small town and the way that the outer world filters in through the cracks, and just like the title says, that feeling that the town will never let you go.
nwhyte's review
2.0
https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/3831008.html
Having got all enthusiastic about the first of the Faction Paradox books last month, I'm afraid this left me rather cold. It's a story of a few key characters interacting with a town that is being devastated by a mysterious war. I didn't care about them and I was annoyed not to know more about what was going on. And there is a chapter written almost entirely in anagrams, which is really self-indulgent. Many people like it more than I did, or find it more interesting.
Having got all enthusiastic about the first of the Faction Paradox books last month, I'm afraid this left me rather cold. It's a story of a few key characters interacting with a town that is being devastated by a mysterious war. I didn't care about them and I was annoyed not to know more about what was going on. And there is a chapter written almost entirely in anagrams, which is really self-indulgent. Many people like it more than I did, or find it more interesting.
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