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duparker's review against another edition
3.0
Solid Beach read. Nothing even close to literature, but that isn't the point, right. I like the extension of the original story. Fun to explore this universe.
cindylchap's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
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
4.5
jonnyj's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
johnbreeden's review against another edition
3.0
It's been over half a decade since I've read Prodigal Son, first in the Frankenstein series. I do remember that I enjoyed it, but wasn't enraptured enough to run directly to the next. This book picks up immediately after the first, with Dr. Frankenstein's (Helios') first creation, Ducalion, and his two police officer allies, going separate ways and into their own separate adventures. Victor's New Race, they discover, has broken into every tier of society in New Orleans, and no one can be trusted. Just as this revelation comes, it is also revealed that the New Race is devolving and changing into something that even their creator may not be able to control.
This book is an in-between in every sense. No real conflicts, save one small one, are resolved in this book. You come to the last pages as if you have the key to the door that leads to Apocalypse, but you can't find the keyhole. I suspect that the next novel will take off with a crash, but I miss having something unique to take from this book. I think it would be more rewarding if at least one of the threads had been resolved. I suppose the Randal Six arc was resolved, but not in a way that satisfies me. Instead, this is a book full of cliffhangers.
Admittedly, I have forgotten some of the base elements from the first novel. I do remember the two detectives, Ducalion & Helios quite well. I remember the creature that came out of Harker at the end of that story. All of this does connect with what's going on, so the story is consistent and is well written. Character growth is limited as the plot doesn't provide opportunity for them to change much. What builds for them in this story is the overwhelming sense of pending catastrophe.
I will be adding the next story to my TBR soon, to hopefully learn how everything comes to the apex.
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This book is an in-between in every sense. No real conflicts, save one small one, are resolved in this book. You come to the last pages as if you have the key to the door that leads to Apocalypse, but you can't find the keyhole. I suspect that the next novel will take off with a crash, but I miss having something unique to take from this book. I think it would be more rewarding if at least one of the threads had been resolved. I suppose the Randal Six arc was resolved, but not in a way that satisfies me. Instead, this is a book full of cliffhangers.
Admittedly, I have forgotten some of the base elements from the first novel. I do remember the two detectives, Ducalion & Helios quite well. I remember the creature that came out of Harker at the end of that story. All of this does connect with what's going on, so the story is consistent and is well written. Character growth is limited as the plot doesn't provide opportunity for them to change much. What builds for them in this story is the overwhelming sense of pending catastrophe.
I will be adding the next story to my TBR soon, to hopefully learn how everything comes to the apex.
vikingwolf's review against another edition
2.0
I liked this one a bit better as there was a bit more focus on the monsters among us. We follow the stories of a couple of seriously twisted monsters whose aim is just to kill anyone who gets in their way even if it means ignoring orders. Victor's twisted ways get worse and his poor 'wife' is on the receiving end of his temper. Erika was my favourite character in all her varieties and she was endearing and often childlike.
It kept me interested enough to pick up book 3.
It kept me interested enough to pick up book 3.
gtriley's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
j_elphaba's review against another edition
4.0
(4.5 estrelas)
Quando o mal se encontra no meio de nós, quando a humanidade nos é retirada e ficamos desprovidos de sentido, quando tudo o que conhecemos é blasfémia às mãos de um soberano, nada é o que parece e ainda assim permanece propositadamente igual… como uma sombra às tenebrosidades que se adivinham.
Frankenstein, A Cidade das Trevas é a continuação de uma realidade arrepiante e assustadora transportada para os dias de hoje e inspirada por uma lenda do passado. Dando continuidade ao livro anterior em 24 horas acompanhamos personagens já nossos conhecidos que se encontram à beira do abismo onde nem verdadeiro monstro se salvará. Esta é uma leitura que consegue transmitir ao leitor a sensação de morte iminente, onde me imaginei a lidar com o fim da nossa Era num quotidiano exactamente idêntico ao que conheço, assustador.
A escrita de Dean Koontz poderia ser um bom guião de qualquer filme de terror, ficção científica e policial, onde acompanhamos todo género de acontecimentos com um suspense tremendo ao longo de 80 capítulos muito breves.
Opinião completa: http://historiasdeelphaba.blogspot.com/2012/01/frankenstein-cidade-das-trevas-livro-2.html
Quando o mal se encontra no meio de nós, quando a humanidade nos é retirada e ficamos desprovidos de sentido, quando tudo o que conhecemos é blasfémia às mãos de um soberano, nada é o que parece e ainda assim permanece propositadamente igual… como uma sombra às tenebrosidades que se adivinham.
Frankenstein, A Cidade das Trevas é a continuação de uma realidade arrepiante e assustadora transportada para os dias de hoje e inspirada por uma lenda do passado. Dando continuidade ao livro anterior em 24 horas acompanhamos personagens já nossos conhecidos que se encontram à beira do abismo onde nem verdadeiro monstro se salvará. Esta é uma leitura que consegue transmitir ao leitor a sensação de morte iminente, onde me imaginei a lidar com o fim da nossa Era num quotidiano exactamente idêntico ao que conheço, assustador.
A escrita de Dean Koontz poderia ser um bom guião de qualquer filme de terror, ficção científica e policial, onde acompanhamos todo género de acontecimentos com um suspense tremendo ao longo de 80 capítulos muito breves.
Opinião completa: http://historiasdeelphaba.blogspot.com/2012/01/frankenstein-cidade-das-trevas-livro-2.html
sleepygirlreads_'s review against another edition
5.0
AMAZING! Way better than expected! Can't wait to read the next one!
justjoel's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Definitely suffers from being the middle book in a trilogy. Too much repetition, too many unfunny quips, and too little happening to move the story forward.
acrigger's review against another edition
2.0
Either I’ve read this book before or it’s so much like the first one I’m getting them mixed up.