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cshume's review against another edition
3.0
For sure the best parts were the In-depth detail of the bodies and gore. Love that sort of stuff!
zoefruitcake's review against another edition
2.0
I found the motives of the characters hard to understand and over all unsatisfying. Maybe I missed some vital point of it
clairbear1989's review against another edition
2.0
I tried, I really did. The writing style was fine, but the plot jumped everywhere. No links between different events, and random months missed. It felt more like a montage of events with no real purpose.
mychemicalseal's review against another edition
at the beginning i was really intrigued even by the graphic descriptions of corpses, but the writing never solidified, some sentences were really yikes, the plot (what plot) didn't seem to flow and jump around. i skim read after the very graphic animal abuse that lead nowhere for plot and seemed to be placed for the sake of it. i just couldn't finish even though i only had 60 pages to go.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Animal cruelty, Death, Animal death, Gore, and Murder
setteno's review against another edition
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
maddie_09's review against another edition
2.0
That was a really frustrating read! No real character development, plot sketchy and not really thought through. Read it if you like but I wouldn't recommend it.
islaofkiki's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
willowfae's review against another edition
1.0
I did NOT enjoy this. It seemed to leap from one thought to another and made little sense at the time. Call me old-fashioned but I like to know who a character is talking to. I'd rather the author didn't assume that because the character knows who he is talking to, then so does the reader!
On the plus side it isn't so long as it appears as it is full of very short chapters with lots of white space!
On the plus side it isn't so long as it appears as it is full of very short chapters with lots of white space!
annasirius's review against another edition
3.0
This book started promisingly. The language is superb, and I enjoyed the momentuous, snapshot-like style in which the relationship between characters and the events were described.
However, the book remains very much in the moment. The main character does not reflect upon his behaviour or the possible routes he could take. He acts as if choice did not really exist. In so doing, he spirals further and further downwards, without providing good explanations for why he so readily gives up his good position in society for that of an addict (and much more I will not name to avoid extreme spoilers). In that, the book reminded me a little of Maria McCann's "As Meat Loves Salt". However, while the latter book felt more uncomfortable as I had a deep dislike of the main character, this was at the same time a strength that "The Resurrectionist" lacks. A story that tells the tale of a person stumbling through their life requires an intriguing main character that you want to keep following even while shaking your head at their stupidity, and Gabriel could not live up to that role. After about half of the book I grew restless; from page 200 onwards I started skimming; on page 266 I gave up.
However, the book remains very much in the moment. The main character does not reflect upon his behaviour or the possible routes he could take. He acts as if choice did not really exist. In so doing, he spirals further and further downwards, without providing good explanations for why he so readily gives up his good position in society for that of an addict (and much more I will not name to avoid extreme spoilers). In that, the book reminded me a little of Maria McCann's "As Meat Loves Salt". However, while the latter book felt more uncomfortable as I had a deep dislike of the main character, this was at the same time a strength that "The Resurrectionist" lacks. A story that tells the tale of a person stumbling through their life requires an intriguing main character that you want to keep following even while shaking your head at their stupidity, and Gabriel could not live up to that role. After about half of the book I grew restless; from page 200 onwards I started skimming; on page 266 I gave up.