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A review by shane_tiernan
The Corpse-Rat King by Lee Battersby
2.0
I really had high hopes for this book. I read summary and thought it sounded really original and like a fun romp through a fantasy landscape. I bought it new which I don't do often AND I instead of putting it on my TBR shelf with over 100 other books I left it laying on my desk so I was sure I would read it "next".
Unfortunately, I read it next and didn't really enjoy it all that much. The writing was good,it's definitely funny, very gritty and fairly original in it's ideas, but for 80% of it there's only one character. That, to me, made it feel like a young adult novel and it also made it kind of boring.
The main character is a scumbag who gets a little nicer through the book but he never became someone I was really routing for.
Also there was an intense ending hinted at about half way through the book that ended up being kinda non-intense and just no big deal.
I wouldn't write off Mr. Battersby completely but this one didn't really do it for me.
Unfortunately, I read it next and didn't really enjoy it all that much. The writing was good,it's definitely funny, very gritty and fairly original in it's ideas, but for 80% of it there's only one character. That, to me, made it feel like a young adult novel and it also made it kind of boring.
The main character is a scumbag who gets a little nicer through the book but he never became someone I was really routing for.
Also there was an intense ending hinted at about half way through the book that ended up being kinda non-intense and just no big deal.
I wouldn't write off Mr. Battersby completely but this one didn't really do it for me.