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A review by twerkingtobeethoven
Beyond Redemption by Michael R. Fletcher
5.0
February 13th 2019.
I remember going through Michael R. Fletcher's BR.
God, how I loved this book. It was so bloody amazing a novel, I just couldn't believe it. I remember turning the pages, shaking my head, and whispering "Fucking hell, Fletcher." while smirking.
"Beyond Redemption" had it all. It was gritty, it featured the right amount of the blackest shade of black humour, and it followed a bunch of wretched characters that were every different flavour of FUBAR.
To cut it short, "Beyond Redemption" was 24 carat perfection, I had found a book that was on the very same level as Joe Abercrombie's "The First Law".
Since then, I have been reading a big bunch of "grimdark" books BUT, I'm sorry to report, a good 90% of them turned out to be just meh and lacking er... wit. I won't mention the names of the lackluster authors here because it wouldn't be fair, I guess. Let's just say that reading their offerings after this book feels like being forced to drive a Commodore after having melted the asphalt behind the wheel of a Lamborghini Diablo.
End of rant.
December 22nd 2016
My computer is fubar, and I'm not writing a review with my mobs, but this book deserves a proper review as it's all sorts of awesome.
Five stars. Actually five shining supernovas. Ace stuff.
A full & poorly written review will be posted as soon as I get a new putah.
I remember going through Michael R. Fletcher's BR.
God, how I loved this book. It was so bloody amazing a novel, I just couldn't believe it. I remember turning the pages, shaking my head, and whispering "Fucking hell, Fletcher." while smirking.
"Beyond Redemption" had it all. It was gritty, it featured the right amount of the blackest shade of black humour, and it followed a bunch of wretched characters that were every different flavour of FUBAR.
To cut it short, "Beyond Redemption" was 24 carat perfection, I had found a book that was on the very same level as Joe Abercrombie's "The First Law".
Since then, I have been reading a big bunch of "grimdark" books BUT, I'm sorry to report, a good 90% of them turned out to be just meh and lacking er... wit. I won't mention the names of the lackluster authors here because it wouldn't be fair, I guess. Let's just say that reading their offerings after this book feels like being forced to drive a Commodore after having melted the asphalt behind the wheel of a Lamborghini Diablo.
End of rant.
December 22nd 2016
My computer is fubar, and I'm not writing a review with my mobs, but this book deserves a proper review as it's all sorts of awesome.
Five stars. Actually five shining supernovas. Ace stuff.
A full & poorly written review will be posted as soon as I get a new putah.