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jonwesleyhuff's review
3.0
This was a fun read. As a fan of FFG's Arkham Horror File games, it was interesting to read a longer form narrative set in the universe. I'm sure I'll keep on reading some of the others. The book was certainly true to the feel of the games and narratives.
verkisto's review
3.0
This novel is a marked improvement over the first book in this series, but it's written by a different author. French has published other novels before, but Bligh's book was his first novel; I'll chalk it up to experience that this one was an easier read, and a bit more intriguing.
What's odd, though, is this book has ABSOLUTELY NO RELATION to the first book in the series. It has different characters, fighting a different baddie, for different reasons. The last book in the trilogy is written by both authors, so my guess is that the conclusion will bring all the characters together into one big showdown, but it was weird waiting for a familiar face to show up, and then realizing at page 100 that it wasn't going to happen.
(All that is said with the understanding that I don't have a clear idea of what happened in the first book since the prose kept throwing me off. Maybe it's the same bad guy? If so, I didn't get that feeling.)
Finally, I know that Fantasy Flight is more a publisher of board games than novels, but they really need to invest in better editors. There were a lot of typos and homophone errors throughout the book, and it kept interfering with the story.
What's odd, though, is this book has ABSOLUTELY NO RELATION to the first book in the series. It has different characters, fighting a different baddie, for different reasons. The last book in the trilogy is written by both authors, so my guess is that the conclusion will bring all the characters together into one big showdown, but it was weird waiting for a familiar face to show up, and then realizing at page 100 that it wasn't going to happen.
(All that is said with the understanding that I don't have a clear idea of what happened in the first book since the prose kept throwing me off. Maybe it's the same bad guy? If so, I didn't get that feeling.)
Finally, I know that Fantasy Flight is more a publisher of board games than novels, but they really need to invest in better editors. There were a lot of typos and homophone errors throughout the book, and it kept interfering with the story.
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