A review by bent
Homunculus by James P. Blaylock

2.0

I had problems getting into this book. Partly it was the head space I was in, but the book also feels like you've joined it in progress. Characters are introduced as if you already know them, the plot seems as if you should already have a grasp on what's going on. I had to read the Wikipedia summary before I felt I understood the plot, and I was almost a hundred pages in at that point.

The book does pick up in the middle and I started to get into it, but then it loses momentum at the end again. There are too many heroes, too many villains, and the plot isn't that focused, meandering when it should be driving. It was hard to stay involved when none of the action seems to be building towards anything.

In the end, I would compare this book to an unsatisfying sandwich - the filling was good, but the bread was mushy and soggy.