- Mass Market Paperback: 411 pages
- Publisher: Solaris (29 Dec 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844167496
- ISBN-13: 978-1844167494
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Format:Paperback
My initial thoughts on this book were that the author was trying to be too cleaver. It's like he had just finished reading Good Omens (Gaimn + Pratchett) In, Into the Night side trilogy (Simon R Green) and Neverwhere (Gaimen) back to back and tried to combine the best bits from each. Then I just realised the book wasn't very good.
The basic story (if you can call it that) runs along the following lines:
Policeman, bored of being a policeman, finally quits his job after failing to stop a young girl being killed. He decides to go back to his home town and carries on trying to solve the mystery of why the girl was killed by joining the people he believes are responsible. During this time he meets a childhood friend and maybe they start dating, it's not very clear.
Meanwhile, in London, a man's pregnant wife is killed and the unborn child is turned into a demon killing machine with powers akin to that of the T1000; in that when she kills someone she absorbs them and can take on their personality and appearance. This demon then goes on the hunt for the husband, who flees north along with his ex girlfriend (or maybe ex wife I lost track) and a little girl they happen to pick up on the way.
As expected the two stories eventually meet up, but not until very near the end, by which point you don't really care. There's something along the way about a dream world where the people are closest to being dead and someone wants to control it, and don't forget a pack of rapist, killer, dancing gypsies, who don't seem to have any reason to be in the book other than to waste a few chapters.
The end leaves you wondering if the journey was actually worth it all. The policeman finds his answers and doesn't seem to care that much, the husband gets the answers he was looking for and doesn't seem to care that much either and what happens to the demon killing machine is just pointless.
There are moments in this book where you suddenly think you might be getting an idea of what is going on, and then suddenly it goes back to being gibberish. It's like watching a season of lost, but not in the correct order.
And for anyone expecting something to do with zombies, there are mentions of them, right at the end of the book for maybe one paragraph.
I did want to give it one star, but I feel that is a little harsh because, as mentioned, there are moments where it is quite good to read, but those moments are few and fleeting.
I will say that this was one of the quickest books I have read for a while, simply so that I could get it out of the way and start on something else.
The basic story (if you can call it that) runs along the following lines:
Policeman, bored of being a policeman, finally quits his job after failing to stop a young girl being killed. He decides to go back to his home town and carries on trying to solve the mystery of why the girl was killed by joining the people he believes are responsible. During this time he meets a childhood friend and maybe they start dating, it's not very clear.
Meanwhile, in London, a man's pregnant wife is killed and the unborn child is turned into a demon killing machine with powers akin to that of the T1000; in that when she kills someone she absorbs them and can take on their personality and appearance. This demon then goes on the hunt for the husband, who flees north along with his ex girlfriend (or maybe ex wife I lost track) and a little girl they happen to pick up on the way.
As expected the two stories eventually meet up, but not until very near the end, by which point you don't really care. There's something along the way about a dream world where the people are closest to being dead and someone wants to control it, and don't forget a pack of rapist, killer, dancing gypsies, who don't seem to have any reason to be in the book other than to waste a few chapters.
The end leaves you wondering if the journey was actually worth it all. The policeman finds his answers and doesn't seem to care that much, the husband gets the answers he was looking for and doesn't seem to care that much either and what happens to the demon killing machine is just pointless.
There are moments in this book where you suddenly think you might be getting an idea of what is going on, and then suddenly it goes back to being gibberish. It's like watching a season of lost, but not in the correct order.
And for anyone expecting something to do with zombies, there are mentions of them, right at the end of the book for maybe one paragraph.
I did want to give it one star, but I feel that is a little harsh because, as mentioned, there are moments where it is quite good to read, but those moments are few and fleeting.
I will say that this was one of the quickest books I have read for a while, simply so that I could get it out of the way and start on something else.
Format:Paperback
no offence to the author but what the hell was this about?
really?
I was given this book by a friend to read to see if I could make any sense of it. I couldn't.
it flits from a policeman who hated being a policeman then spends the rest of the book trying to investigate who had killed this woman in the beginning. almost police like. *(spoiler)* then when he find out who it was he couldn't give two figs.
by all means read this book but be ready to re-read pages and a lot of head scratching.
really?
I was given this book by a friend to read to see if I could make any sense of it. I couldn't.
it flits from a policeman who hated being a policeman then spends the rest of the book trying to investigate who had killed this woman in the beginning. almost police like. *(spoiler)* then when he find out who it was he couldn't give two figs.
by all means read this book but be ready to re-read pages and a lot of head scratching.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Unusually, I found it difficult to remember just who the characters were I was reading about, probably because there's no real depth to them. The main character (Sean) is a policeman, who leaves the force very early in the book after he discovers he may have been able to prevent the death of an associate. And that he didn't really like the police anyway. Turns out (I think!?) that he was raised to be some sort of 'force for good', but I didn't pick up on why or for whom.
The other main character is a man called Will, who's child is taken over [in the womb] by an entity called Cheke, who absorbs victims as she grows and learns. This demon has been conjured up by someone for some purpose, though I'm still unclear as to why.
Perhaps this book is leagues ahead of me; I found the writing style of this book...not easy to read. However, books aren't always meant to be. I bought it mainly because the other books presented by Solaris have been enjoyable (Justin Gustainis's efforts for one). But this one - not my cup of tea, I'm afraid to say. It was hard to finish the thing, and it tailed off to an ending that was more oh, than oh!
Maybe if you can get a cheap deal, or nip to the library? Or take mine?
The other main character is a man called Will, who's child is taken over [in the womb] by an entity called Cheke, who absorbs victims as she grows and learns. This demon has been conjured up by someone for some purpose, though I'm still unclear as to why.
Perhaps this book is leagues ahead of me; I found the writing style of this book...not easy to read. However, books aren't always meant to be. I bought it mainly because the other books presented by Solaris have been enjoyable (Justin Gustainis's efforts for one). But this one - not my cup of tea, I'm afraid to say. It was hard to finish the thing, and it tailed off to an ending that was more oh, than oh!
Maybe if you can get a cheap deal, or nip to the library? Or take mine?
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