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A review by embereye
Ink: The Book of All Hours by Hal Duncan
4.0
Quite excellent, although it took me a while to get through. This also was not for the faint of heart, but has a lot of storyline references and in some ways I think was easier to follow than Vellum. References to classic Commedia Dell'Arte - Harlequin, Columbine, Pierrot, and Pantalone - alternate realities, slipping through timelines, and a rescue of the main characters from Vellum from the aftermath of the events in that book. It definitely brings everything together and gives a sense of finality to the story as a whole.
At one point I wondered if perhaps the two books should have been bound together, but after reading, I realize that as two separate books they work much in the way parentheses work. Two arching mirroring themes that hold a complete idea between them.
In summation, this is an excellent conclusion to an incredibly ambitious story. Not for everyone as the narrative is dissected and spread out in a fashion that is actually more linear than it initially seems, but not in a historical timeline sense.
At one point I wondered if perhaps the two books should have been bound together, but after reading, I realize that as two separate books they work much in the way parentheses work. Two arching mirroring themes that hold a complete idea between them.
In summation, this is an excellent conclusion to an incredibly ambitious story. Not for everyone as the narrative is dissected and spread out in a fashion that is actually more linear than it initially seems, but not in a historical timeline sense.