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A review by perrywolfecastle
The Tower by Simon Toyne
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
The Tower feels like a fitting end to the Santus series. Face-paced, hundreds of chapters, conspiracy, thrill, and a heap of religious intrigues. I’d say this was a better book than They Key, which I felt shoe-horned in a lot of characters who weren’t needed and kept the story in a holding pattern. The Tower seems to have learned some of the lessons from that and keeps the story moving in the most part (I found the flashing back eight months a little jarring.)
I like the creations of Ruin, The Santi and the Mala, and the way Toyne builds his world around them. They give him the freedom to explore events and themes without needing to bend the real world or events to his complete needs, but he still slots them into his version of our world.
All in all, you get exactly what you would expect from a religious conspiracy/thriller and does it all well. I’m not sure if beach read is a genre, but if it is, this fits into it well.
I like the creations of Ruin, The Santi and the Mala, and the way Toyne builds his world around them. They give him the freedom to explore events and themes without needing to bend the real world or events to his complete needs, but he still slots them into his version of our world.
All in all, you get exactly what you would expect from a religious conspiracy/thriller and does it all well. I’m not sure if beach read is a genre, but if it is, this fits into it well.