Reviews

These Prisoning Hills by Christopher Rowe

augoost's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Quick and weird read. Leaves a lot unexplained which adds to the haunting/bleak feel of the post-apocalyptic landscape. A lot of the book reads like a strange dream that may or may not have a deeper meaning

jdh_ky's review

adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

4.5

neladon's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

jess_the_ninth's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

vanners's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

needleclicker's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

israelthesecond's review

4.0

"These Prisinong Hills" is a slow, ponderous sci-fi tale with a prose that is both meandering and terse, harkening to that of scripture. Set in a world still healing from a long past human vs. A.I. war, the novella follows Marcia, a war veteran from good 'ol Kentucky. The story jumps back and forth between past and present, during and after the war, highlighting specific events of her life. The setting strangely fused the pastoral with the subtly futuristic. An intriguing read.

heypretty52's review

dark reflective slow-paced

5.0

wunderbland's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

ar13's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5