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Title: The Somnambulist
Author: Jonathan Barnes
Published: New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2007
Rating: 2 of 5
Page Count: 353
Total Page Count: 51,242
Text Number: 147
Read For: personal enjoyment, checked out from the library
Short review: In Victorian London, aging magician and detective Edward Moon, accompanied by his assistant, a giant known only as the Somnambulist, are called in to investigate the most bizarre of murders. As Moon's investigation continues, he uncovers a plot against the state—a plot which, after long preparation and much waiting, is now only days from being put into action. The Somnambulist is set in a world not quite like our own, colored by steampunk and fantasy and populated by a cast of bizarre, slightly inhuman characters. Although it has a decisive conclusion, the plot often feels as confused as the setting. Barnes waits too long before he decides what he wants The Somnambulist to be, and with its busy and unfocused confusion and abrupt and strange conclusion, the novel fails its potential and remains entirely mediocre. Not recommended.
( Long review. )
Review posted here at Amazon.com.
Author: Jonathan Barnes
Published: New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2007
Rating: 2 of 5
Page Count: 353
Total Page Count: 51,242
Text Number: 147
Read For: personal enjoyment, checked out from the library
Short review: In Victorian London, aging magician and detective Edward Moon, accompanied by his assistant, a giant known only as the Somnambulist, are called in to investigate the most bizarre of murders. As Moon's investigation continues, he uncovers a plot against the state—a plot which, after long preparation and much waiting, is now only days from being put into action. The Somnambulist is set in a world not quite like our own, colored by steampunk and fantasy and populated by a cast of bizarre, slightly inhuman characters. Although it has a decisive conclusion, the plot often feels as confused as the setting. Barnes waits too long before he decides what he wants The Somnambulist to be, and with its busy and unfocused confusion and abrupt and strange conclusion, the novel fails its potential and remains entirely mediocre. Not recommended.
( Long review. )
Review posted here at Amazon.com.
