Benighted
by:
Kit Whitfield (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009BR3Y3S
Publish date: August 8th 2006
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Pages no: 532
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Urban Fantasy,
European Literature,
Shapeshifters,
Mystery,
Horror,
German Literature,
Supernatural,
Werewolves
Mira... Lo he ido leyendo poco a poco con la esperanza de que mejorara y MUY AL FINAL parecía que sí pero luego... No. El worldbuilding son retazos que prácticamente no te dicen nada y eso que es una sociedad diferente de la real. Bueno, es que nada sale bien en este libro, de verdad. Un desastre.
Benighted is a hard book to review: for starters, it's almost impossible to explain without spoilers. It includes lycanthropes (werewolves), but no magic and few action scenes, and delves deeper into moral and psychological issues than any urban fantasy I've ever read. It portrays a dystopia of sort...
Whitfield is very good as psychologies that fit the worlds she's built, but the worlds themselves tend to fall apart at closer examination. Also, she tends to go limp at endings.
Whitfield is very good as psychologies that fit the worlds she's built, but the worlds themselves tend to fall apart at closer examination. Also, she tends to go limp at endings.
Let's be honest, the urban/paranormal fantasy sub-genre is glutted at this point in time. Like all genres, UF has varying degrees or classes of writers (or books). You have books that are quick, fun reads, kinda guilty pleasures or "B" movies; such as the Kitty Norville books. You have books whos...
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