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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is probably the most gruesome, macabre and twisted book I have ever read. That said, it's also somehow weirdly gleeful and sweet at the same time. Bullington crafts an utterly original fantasy set at the beginning of the Spanish Inquisition, so the gory and macabre events kind of fit the time period. But be warned, this is seriously not for the faint of heart. For example, there is more than one instance of someone raping a re-animated corpse. If you're up for that sort of thing, it's a hell of a ride.
This is one of those books I picked up thinking it was something else. It happens from time to time. I read a review somewhere of a book that was described as something along the lines of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" meets "Game of Thrones." That is the book I was looking for. This is not that book.
It is, however, a highly readable story that I finished faster than I thought I would. I've been reading a few books about necromancy lately. They do not, as a general rule, feature necrophilia. This one does, and was a tad bit disturbing because of it. But the story hooks you almost from the start, and keeps your interest until the conclusion, which falls a bit flat considering all the build-up to it.
It is, however, a highly readable story that I finished faster than I thought I would. I've been reading a few books about necromancy lately. They do not, as a general rule, feature necrophilia. This one does, and was a tad bit disturbing because of it. But the story hooks you almost from the start, and keeps your interest until the conclusion, which falls a bit flat considering all the build-up to it.
Ok...so. it's super slow. I feel it jumps around a lot. I bought this book sometime in 2016(ish), and have been taking this long to finish it. The ending, or rather the last 100 pages or so, were the best part of the book. I know most books are that way, bit this stands true in that I'd rather read those 100pages than the rest of the book. Glad to have read it, but not likely buying another of the author any time soon. The imagery was very detailed, historical relation was contextually valid, but the core time line of events and story as it relates to the characters just sort of missed me.
while more fanciful it was less fun then his other books as making characters actual heros rather than bastards didn't feel genuine at all
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Well written book focused on loathsomeness
There is no disgusting topic this book didn't dwell upon - death, rot, corpses, vomit, feces, necrophilia, cannibalism, etc. Nor did I like the characters or care about how the plot resolved. It is well written and quite original but I'm not reading anything else by this author.
There is no disgusting topic this book didn't dwell upon - death, rot, corpses, vomit, feces, necrophilia, cannibalism, etc. Nor did I like the characters or care about how the plot resolved. It is well written and quite original but I'm not reading anything else by this author.
A hilarious (and hilariously gross) period horror. I loved how necromancy is depicted.
This book is pretty grotesque, but somehow I did not really mind that? I appreciated that the internal logic of the world remained consistent, as did the internal illogic of the behavior of individual characters. Even necromancers do better in community!
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes