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Urgh. Another clunky, lurid Gothic fantasy from notorious one-trick pony Matthew Lewis. The Monk (a title clearly dreamed up in some moment of stunning inspiration) details the corruption of Spanish monk Ambrosio by Lust and Pride. It's a novel that well and truly dispels any illusions of eighteen...
Published in 1796, according to the introduction this is one of the foundational novels of the Gothic genre and thus horror. Interestingly, Lewis was only 19 years old when he wrote it, the same age as Mary Shelley when she published Frankenstein. The novel involves three intertwined stories: Ambros...
Platypus Albert escapes the Adelaide zoo in search of Old Australia. He's not sure what he finds, but it's not what he was looking for. I admit I was skeptical about this book. I'd read several reviews that talked about how funny or clever it is, or how it is the next Watership Down. But I was rea...
I must say, this was a good, well written book. It's got a deep, unfolding storyline that has multiple layers that constantly provide you with entertainment. Not to say that it's fast paced, but it plods along in its own way. It's a dense read though, and it takes some time to get through it, even f...
First off, I'd like to say, "Elizabeth (et al.) you are forgiven for the Kay Incident." The Monk more than makes up for any unconscious animus I may still harbor for The Lions of al-Rassan.The Monk is not a great novel but it is a good book. The introduction (which should be read after reading the n...
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