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A review by crowyhead
Dark Cities Underground by Lisa Goldstein
3.0
When Jerry was a child, his mother wrote a bestselling series of books based on stories he told her. Now, as an adult, he is estranged from her, feeling she stole his childhood. Yet when strange people start popping up in his life, he begins to realize that the stories he told his mother may have been true...
This is an appealing, entertaining novel that, like Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, makes use of the London Underground as a setting. Goldstein does some really unique things with folklore and mythology, and the result by and large is quite good. Still, there was something about it that seemed "off" to me, as though parts of the plot were rushed or not fully explained.
This is an appealing, entertaining novel that, like Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, makes use of the London Underground as a setting. Goldstein does some really unique things with folklore and mythology, and the result by and large is quite good. Still, there was something about it that seemed "off" to me, as though parts of the plot were rushed or not fully explained.