seawarrior's reviews
1659 reviews

This is one of the most aggravating novels I've read in a while. It veers in too many different directions and is bogged down by tedious exposition that continues into the final pages. By attempting to be a horror story, murder mystery, realistic science fiction, and scathing social criticism, it does not manage to execute anything well and instead feels underedited and directionless. I also personally feel that a novel that centers on the gruesome murder of a child should reward the reader with some form of catharsis after making us imagine the multiple desecrations of the victim's corpse. None of the social elements of the novel are handled sensitively and instead read like laughable posturing. I would not recommend reading this book unless it seems incredibly compelling to you.