Saturday, March 1, 2014

Clockwork Disappointment

So this isn’t going to be an in depth review of this book. I’m just going to let you guys know how I felt about it. And it wasn’t a particularly good feeling.

When I chose this book I was very interested. It had Egyptology. Possible Steampunk. And it followed descendants of Stoker and Holmes. Sounds pretty amazing and a lot of fun! Well I was disappointed. I couldn’t seem to get a grasp of the novel. I just didn’t like the writing style, and the dialogue seemed to be all over the place. I found myself confused by conversations and lost beyond all belief.

I also felt the storyline was lackluster. I just didn’t intrigue me like the book summary did. And I felt that the time travel was out of place and not something that should have been in there.

I got annoyed that Stoker was always distracted by Pix, I usually am all for tall, dark, and brooding but it just didn’t work for me here. And it just didn’t make the story any better for me.

So I guess the lesson of the story is, don’t judge a book by its cover. I thought this book looked awesome simply because of the cover art, and I ended up not like it all. Which is rare. Most of the time that works out well for me.

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