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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’m so upset about Fuchsia.
mysterious
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Well, I've finally sat down and finished book number two. Within its pages, Peake improved upon everything I enjoyed from the first. The depictions of the castle were more vibrant and alive, the unusual personalities were just a shade more alive and mad, and the plot developed quite a pitch as I reached the last 100 or so pages. The transformations Titus and Fuschia, especially, go through are all too real in some ways. Although I stepped away from the book for around a month, everything stayed fresh in my mind; a sure sign of a book which impressed. An easy application of the word masterpiece, which I really don't like to use anymore unless I get that certain feeling.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Let me start by saying I'd give this 4 and a half stars (not possible here) but ONLY because it doesn't have some of the big elements that I really enjoy in stories. There was really only one fantastic element in the book and though it was a bit of a tragedy it wasn't tragic enough to pull at my heartstrings.
I definitely enjoyed it more than the first book but I may have read the first book too slowly. The writing is amazing. The style is unique. The characters are extremely colorful and ALL very memorable.
I can see why something like this never goes out of print. It truly is a classic in a niche of its own.
I definitely enjoyed it more than the first book but I may have read the first book too slowly. The writing is amazing. The style is unique. The characters are extremely colorful and ALL very memorable.
I can see why something like this never goes out of print. It truly is a classic in a niche of its own.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Even more bizarre than Titus Groan. It flows along, seeming to make sense in its own odd way and suddenly reverses itself. Everything changes in an abrupt sentence, leaving me to re-read the relevant part over and over to assure myself that it actually said what it seemed to. Very rich. Full of haunting imagery.
A more engaging plot than the first book while still preserving the amazing setting and bizarrely entrancing characters. I was emotionally involved at each unseen twist and had to put the book down at times to recoup.
"The days wear out the months and the months wear out the years, and a flux of moments, like an unquiet tide, eats at the black coast of futurity." Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, Ch 51
"The days wear out the months and the months wear out the years, and a flux of moments, like an unquiet tide, eats at the black coast of futurity." Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, Ch 51