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The Everlasting
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I was so excited when I found this at the book sale last month. I loved the last Tim Lebbon book that I read, so I assumed that I would absolutely love this one. Could not have been more disappointed.
I read the first 200 pages in a day, but that might have been because I had nothing else to do. It was very, very heavy on the exposition - I almost felt like I was reading a book from a hundred years ago. But I guess that's how horror novels have to be written in order for them to be at least somewhat creepy. Maybe I just need to read more horror novels.
The plot itself was interesting. Kind of a new take on immortals - holy crap, she didn't have to drink blood - how novel! My only problem was that it seemed to move extremely slowly. Spent so much time describing the scenery that I sometimes wondered if anything was happening at all. I was certainly not transported into the story. Although, there was one gem of a line that I will remember forever. Scott was so scared that his "balls creeped and shivered". Ha! Love it! I didn't know they could do that gents - impressive!
Overall, it was an interesting story with far too much exposition in the prose (douche word alert). It just didn't do it for me. Sorry to the hardcore Lebbon fans.
Check out more of my reviews at http://whatabookbitch.blogspot.ca
I read the first 200 pages in a day, but that might have been because I had nothing else to do. It was very, very heavy on the exposition - I almost felt like I was reading a book from a hundred years ago. But I guess that's how horror novels have to be written in order for them to be at least somewhat creepy. Maybe I just need to read more horror novels.
The plot itself was interesting. Kind of a new take on immortals - holy crap, she didn't have to drink blood - how novel! My only problem was that it seemed to move extremely slowly. Spent so much time describing the scenery that I sometimes wondered if anything was happening at all. I was certainly not transported into the story. Although, there was one gem of a line that I will remember forever. Scott was so scared that his "balls creeped and shivered". Ha! Love it! I didn't know they could do that gents - impressive!
Overall, it was an interesting story with far too much exposition in the prose (douche word alert). It just didn't do it for me. Sorry to the hardcore Lebbon fans.
Check out more of my reviews at http://whatabookbitch.blogspot.ca
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Reading Progress
October 15, 2013
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Started Reading
October 15, 2013
– Shelved
October 16, 2013
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59.08%
"This is pretty surprising. Over half way and I'm still not sure if I even like it. Certainly a lot more exposition than I'm used to, while the plot is extremely vague. Huh...."
page
192
October 17, 2013
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71.69%
"So when the protagonist gets scared he can feel his "balls shiver and crawl" - which obviously is endlessly amusing. This one sentence may have even made me like the book."
page
233
October 19, 2013
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Finished Reading
October 20, 2013
– Shelved as:
2013
