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A review by rowena_m_andrews
The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
3.0
Unfortunately, this turned out to be a book that wasn’t for me. I’d heard good things about the author, I absolutely loved the colour and the summary had me intrigued, and to be honest it still does. I also have to say that the writing was excellent all the way through, and I will certainly be checking out more of the author’s work.
The Hollow Places is a book that will appeal to many people, because it is a clever piece of horror with a wonderful sense of atmosphere throughout. Where it lost me, and this is entirely a personal thing and not a slight on the book or the author is that there is a lot of humour within this book, which is something that doesn’t generally appeal to me and that I don’t read much of, and I feel wasn’t particularly indicated in the blurb. This is just a case of a reader not meshing with a book, and I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys horror with a nice dash of sci-fi/fantasy in the mix, and who appreciates some intelligent, witty humour alongside.
The Hollow Places is a book that will appeal to many people, because it is a clever piece of horror with a wonderful sense of atmosphere throughout. Where it lost me, and this is entirely a personal thing and not a slight on the book or the author is that there is a lot of humour within this book, which is something that doesn’t generally appeal to me and that I don’t read much of, and I feel wasn’t particularly indicated in the blurb. This is just a case of a reader not meshing with a book, and I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys horror with a nice dash of sci-fi/fantasy in the mix, and who appreciates some intelligent, witty humour alongside.