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A review by zoe_e_w
Berserk by Tim Lebbon
1.0
This is the second Tim Lebbon book I've bought. I finished the first, Bar None and really didn't like it. This book was my attempt to give him another shot, but it left a bad taste in my mouth from the start because the Kindle copy is badly formatted. Font sizes are all over the place, and there's random underscores instead of spaces. Words that look like they were meant to be italicized instead jump three sizes.
Maybe that's what made me hyper critical, but I started growling when I read the line: "His breath stank of fear. Tom had never smelled anything like it before, but he knew exactly what it was." This is absolutely idiotic. But there all kinds of problem lines like this. Another example: "How could someone so alive suddenly become so dead?" Just...guh.
There's nary a physical description for any character, and locations are amorphous and ambiguous. Two side characters get more detail than the main character, and they're named Big Gut and Long-Hair. Between the clichés, the droning introspection, and the horrid formatting, I stopped at page 20. I normally try to give everyone 50 pages, but I'm not sitting through 337 pages of badly formatted ambiguous drivel.
If you're a Lebbon fan and still want to get this book, DO NOT buy the Kindle version. It is butt-ugly, and not a good deal. Buy the print version, but do not waste your money with the ebook. Even on sale, the ugliness of the format is not worth the money.
One star, and I feel bad for losing money on this.
Maybe that's what made me hyper critical, but I started growling when I read the line: "His breath stank of fear. Tom had never smelled anything like it before, but he knew exactly what it was." This is absolutely idiotic. But there all kinds of problem lines like this. Another example: "How could someone so alive suddenly become so dead?" Just...guh.
There's nary a physical description for any character, and locations are amorphous and ambiguous. Two side characters get more detail than the main character, and they're named Big Gut and Long-Hair. Between the clichés, the droning introspection, and the horrid formatting, I stopped at page 20. I normally try to give everyone 50 pages, but I'm not sitting through 337 pages of badly formatted ambiguous drivel.
If you're a Lebbon fan and still want to get this book, DO NOT buy the Kindle version. It is butt-ugly, and not a good deal. Buy the print version, but do not waste your money with the ebook. Even on sale, the ugliness of the format is not worth the money.
One star, and I feel bad for losing money on this.