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gerhard's review
1.0
Truly disappointing. The cover blurb turns out to be far more exciting than the book itself, which singularly fails to live up to the potential of the premise.
The Flesh Sutra starts out promisingly enough: Olivia Spaulding and Alecsandri Keresh are caught in flagrante delicto by the former’s husband.
Alecsandri dies but is resurrected at the (rather horrible) expense of Thomas. The latter, however, continues to haunt the story, with disastrous consequences for all concerned.
Olivia becomes involved with the Society of the Radiant, using Alecsandri’s preternatural capabilities to her own ends and also to try and restore Alecsandri from the homunculus he is transformed into upon his resurrection.
The story hints at HP Lovecraft and Clive Barker, but never quite catches fire. There is some sloppy writing: the reader only learns that Thomas has a gun when he pulls the trigger on Alecsandri at the beginning; not to mention numerous typos and other errors.
The Flesh Sutra starts out promisingly enough: Olivia Spaulding and Alecsandri Keresh are caught in flagrante delicto by the former’s husband.
Alecsandri dies but is resurrected at the (rather horrible) expense of Thomas. The latter, however, continues to haunt the story, with disastrous consequences for all concerned.
Olivia becomes involved with the Society of the Radiant, using Alecsandri’s preternatural capabilities to her own ends and also to try and restore Alecsandri from the homunculus he is transformed into upon his resurrection.
The story hints at HP Lovecraft and Clive Barker, but never quite catches fire. There is some sloppy writing: the reader only learns that Thomas has a gun when he pulls the trigger on Alecsandri at the beginning; not to mention numerous typos and other errors.
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