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A review by kittyhorror
Monstrocity by Jeffrey Thomas
4.0
4.5*
Christopher Ruby helps his girlfriend perform an occult ritual from a book called the Necronomicon, the ritual at first seems to have failed but as his girlfriend starts to change in alarming ways it becomes clear it was in fact successful. Christopher tries to track down the book and in doing so finds out that Punktown holds a lot of dark secrets.
This read had a great noir feel to it, blending cyberpunk and lovecraftian themes effortlessly. The world building done by Thomas is amazing, he deftly reveals Punktown and it's inhabitants, never overloading the reader with detail but dropping it in bit by bit. The characters were interesting, especially the blend of different races and mutants as well as some of the mythology that surrounds them. A great read and a fantastic introduction to the authors work.
Christopher Ruby helps his girlfriend perform an occult ritual from a book called the Necronomicon, the ritual at first seems to have failed but as his girlfriend starts to change in alarming ways it becomes clear it was in fact successful. Christopher tries to track down the book and in doing so finds out that Punktown holds a lot of dark secrets.
This read had a great noir feel to it, blending cyberpunk and lovecraftian themes effortlessly. The world building done by Thomas is amazing, he deftly reveals Punktown and it's inhabitants, never overloading the reader with detail but dropping it in bit by bit. The characters were interesting, especially the blend of different races and mutants as well as some of the mythology that surrounds them. A great read and a fantastic introduction to the authors work.