Dani (a GR friend) asked me why I gave this three stars, so instead of pulling out the reading journals I've been keeping since 2000, I reread it. The book is a great homage to the Victorian thriller that Cox had long edited and admired. What I found distracting were the footnotes.The novel is one o...
I got through part 1 and failed to care enough to continue. As there are reserves on it I'm going to send it on it's merry way. I may return to it again.
This was so unnecessarily long. I hated almost every single character and found Edward's slavish devotion to fate inexplicable and annoying. Poor Edward - I saw that betrayal coming a mile away (though unfortunately it took many, many pages to learn I was right).
This book started out great. The first line, "After killing the red-haired man, I took myself off to Quinn's for an oyster supper." really hooked me. As the book continued it proved interesting, a tale narrated in the first person by a man of obvious derangement convinced of his own rationality and ...
The worst book I've read — or listened to — in ages. This book shows the pitfalls of pastiche. Cox may have read a lot of Victorian novels, but he's only succeeded in writing a tedious, pompous, overwrought vomit pile of Victoriana. Okay, maybe "vomit pile" is a bit over the top. It's true that the ...
This was certainly well written and narrated but I couldn't help but feel that it became quite predictable as the end neared. The protagonist was not particularly likeable in my opinion, so I found it difficult to empathise with his plight or understand his actions. However, there's no doubt that ...
Enjoyable tale in the style of Wilkie Collins, though a bit more graphic. The Meaning of Night is a quest/revenge story with interesting hooks and characters. It's also pleasantly unpredictable. Loses a star for rambling a bit more than is necessary - could have been a crisp 500 pages.
I enjoyed this book alot. It actually led to me reading other books by this author. Although, the book can be kind of dry at points, it is well worth it for the read.
I read about half of this book and had to give it up. It's engrossing and well-written, but I already knew too much. I had read the sequel, "The Glass of Time," first, not realizing it would ruin the first book for me (I think I thought it was more of a companion book, not a direct sequel). This is ...
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