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The Vorrh by Brian Catling

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sohxpie's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.0

First thing's first, the synopsis I read on the back of my edition doesn't really give you an idea of the story, so I was pretty clueless going into the novel. The prologue does a very good job at setting your expectations for the novel. It opens with a beautiful description of a hotel room, it's almost poetic but in the very next paragraph, we get a graphic description of a naked guy looking at himself in the mirror. It's a very odd change in tone. The whole book is pretty much this, wonderful descriptions that help build the world with weird sex scenes interspersed. I think my issue is that these scenes often don't add anything to the story. I mean at one point, I read a dog's sex dream. Yes, literally a vivid description of what a dog wanted to do sexually to another dog. It was plain weird and unnecessary. The story itself was fairly interesting, different characters with different journeys centering around The Vorrh. Sometimes it was a little confusing and difficult to follow the story but I think I got the idea most of the time. I think ultimately, I am not the target audience for this book, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but is possibly what hindered my enjoyment of the novel. I will give the second book a try, mainly because the story still seems intriguing but with the thought in mind that I may not enjoy it.