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crimsoncor's review
4.0
Fun enough for a novella. Enjoyed the period details for NYC and the very different take on the Elder Gods mythos.
emilye3's review
2.0
Good conversations. This was just okay to me. I think I was expecting more of a horror element than we got from this book.
turidt's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Racism, and Body horror
Moderate: Police brutality
airthiel's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
meowmixxer's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
marsican's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
cpeters2384's review
4.0
4.5/5 why not a full 5? Well, I had a little ocd on the ballad aspect. Was he technically a magician who shared his learned words from his father? Yes, but only a few. A ballad of a murderer is told from the murderers perspective, which is not done in this case. Okay, now that my small rant is out of the way…..
This is a potent novella. The language and choice of words, just wow! There’s a wonderful conjuring of the world as it was in the 1920s along with the people and their culture. The gore in this story is few but very effective. What scared me most wasn’t the, well I can’t tell you, but I will say Ma Att gave me goosebumps.
But a wealthy man’s reality is remade at will. -p.44
“I’ll take Cthulhu over you devils any day.” -p.143
This is a potent novella. The language and choice of words, just wow! There’s a wonderful conjuring of the world as it was in the 1920s along with the people and their culture. The gore in this story is few but very effective. What scared me most wasn’t the, well I can’t tell you, but I will say Ma Att gave me goosebumps.
But a wealthy man’s reality is remade at will. -p.44
“I’ll take Cthulhu over you devils any day.” -p.143