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errantdreams's review
5.0
These Hollowers have pets, and can easily rip open the Convergence between worlds, making them all the more dangerous. Again, it’s hard to imagine people defeating them. Our heroes end up traipsing across worlds, and the landscape becomes extremely alien, reminiscent of Thrall. In fact, if you want to get a better sense of the cosmology of SanGiovanni’s other books, this one does take place in the same universe. It gives a much better idea of how our world connects to others, and what sorts of things might inhabit those other worlds. It hints at strange civilizations, extinct races, and ancient artifacts.
Enough characters die horrible deaths that there’s true tension in the question of whether our heroes will make it out of their journey alive. It’s absolutely believable when the characters come close to sitting down and giving up–we get to see their endurance used up as they’re faced with their darkest fears and chased by horrifying creatures. I was riveted to the page as the book went on.
SanGiovanni does a great job of making it believable that the Hollowers take their time killing people. The “black holes” inside of them feed on such emotions as despair, and they need the sustenance while they’re carrying out their task. Nurturing those emotions in people before allowing those people to die is what sustains them. The fact that they’re also wholly incapable of seeing humans as a threat to them also makes sense, since frankly humans shouldn’t be much of a threat to them!
There are a few small inconsistencies. For example, Anita and Bennie’s child is usually referred to as their daughter, but in one section becomes their son. It isn’t a big deal, however.
I loved this trilogy, and I look forward to reading more by Mary SanGiovanni!
Consider my rating a 4.5
Original review posted on my blog: http://www.errantdreams.com/2019/02/review-the-triumvirate-mary-sangiovanni/
Enough characters die horrible deaths that there’s true tension in the question of whether our heroes will make it out of their journey alive. It’s absolutely believable when the characters come close to sitting down and giving up–we get to see their endurance used up as they’re faced with their darkest fears and chased by horrifying creatures. I was riveted to the page as the book went on.
SanGiovanni does a great job of making it believable that the Hollowers take their time killing people. The “black holes” inside of them feed on such emotions as despair, and they need the sustenance while they’re carrying out their task. Nurturing those emotions in people before allowing those people to die is what sustains them. The fact that they’re also wholly incapable of seeing humans as a threat to them also makes sense, since frankly humans shouldn’t be much of a threat to them!
There are a few small inconsistencies. For example, Anita and Bennie’s child is usually referred to as their daughter, but in one section becomes their son. It isn’t a big deal, however.
I loved this trilogy, and I look forward to reading more by Mary SanGiovanni!
Consider my rating a 4.5
Original review posted on my blog: http://www.errantdreams.com/2019/02/review-the-triumvirate-mary-sangiovanni/
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