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"Meaney's creepy, death-haunted world lingers in the long after the book is closed. A smart and spooky read." (THE TIMES )
"Filmic action aplenty and lots of weird imagery." (SFX )
"Fast paced, very entertaining and out of the ordinary. Meaney throws together familiar elements of multiple genres and creates something both haunting and engaging. (SFFWORLD.COM )
"Bone Song is crisply written and the gruesome aspects of Tristopolis are vividly portrayed." (Eric Brown THE GUARDIAN )
"Think Dirty Harry in a city created by the bastard love-child of Jeff VanderMeer and China Mieville. The backdrop of a hardboiled crime plot cleverly disguises stories of human interaction, trust, mistrust, loyalty, morality, acceptance, and love while delivering a great mystery." (NETH SPACE. COM ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"Filmic action aplenty and lots of weird imagery." (SFX )
"Fast paced, very entertaining and out of the ordinary. Meaney throws together familiar elements of multiple genres and creates something both haunting and engaging. (SFFWORLD.COM )
"Bone Song is crisply written and the gruesome aspects of Tristopolis are vividly portrayed." (Eric Brown THE GUARDIAN )
"Think Dirty Harry in a city created by the bastard love-child of Jeff VanderMeer and China Mieville. The backdrop of a hardboiled crime plot cleverly disguises stories of human interaction, trust, mistrust, loyalty, morality, acceptance, and love while delivering a great mystery." (NETH SPACE. COM ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Original, innovative, brilliant,
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This review is from: Bone Song (Gollancz S.F.) (Paperback)
I was getting very bored by Paranormal PIs until I read Bone Song. This is NOT another goodguy/gal werewolf/vampire/witch hunting down (while having hot, rampant sex with a sort-of-good-sort-of-bad partner) the badguy/gal werewolf/vamp... well, you get the picture. Yes, there are security deathwolves, wraiths which act as the force running inanimate objects such as lifts, cars, etc and there are zombies. The characters are, perhaps, a little typical; strong but silent cop and wisecracking twin cops but the antihero, Donal Riordan, is a cop whose lover/boss is a zombie who has to plug her black heart into the mains (energy comes from the tortured emotions of flayed and executed criminals) every few days to "live".
There is action aplenty. No one is who they seem to be; layers upon layers of conspiracy (I LOOOOOVE a really good conspiracy story)abound. I couldnt really think of comparable authors - hence the title for the review - but take a dash of the Nightside series minus the humour, a chunk of Richard Morgan and stir in a soupcon of Karen Chance and you may have an idea, but this book (and the sequel, incidentally) is very dark and bleak and while satisfying in the denouement, still leaves you desperate for more. On the bright side, there is a sequel.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Dark and Strange,
By Lyle "D4D" (Norfolk, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bone Song (Gollancz S.F.) (Hardcover)
Bone Song is an interesting read - it takes an alternative view where everything is powered by corpses (hey, don't blame me, I only read the thing) which makes for a very dark and gothic-feeling novel, with some interesting ideas about wraiths, ghosts, and how the dead are processed into energy.
All told, I'm going to be looking out for more of John Meaney's stuff - I'd thought he was a new author, but it turns out he's been around for a while. If you like authors like Peter F Hamilton, Richard Morgan and the like, Bone Song will probably be right up your street.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Gripping tale set in a dark and vivid world.,
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Wow, what an amazing book. The world that Meaney creates practically leaps off the page and is unlike anything I have read before. It is a truly unique vision that is realised so well that even now, weeks after finishing the book I can still vividly imagine Tristopolis and its rich landscape.
Noir/Horror/Sci-fi/Fantasy and pure mystery combine in a filmic read that grips from the very start.
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