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A review by devannm
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
5.0
actual rating: 4.5
I've been a huge fan of the BBC miniseries adaptation of this series for the past 15 or 16 years and had always wanted to read the book but was afraid that I wouldn't like it as much. Thankfully I was incredibly wrong about that! With very few exceptions [no matter how much I try I just can't bring myself to become invested in either Flay or Swelter] the characters are interesting and engaging and even though I more or less know what happens I still couldn't wait to read more.
I will say that Peake can be a bit too wordy for my personal taste at times but I found that listening to the audio really helped with that and I think he's created an absolutely fascinating world that more than makes up for it. It's so much fun to watch Steerpike think circles around everyone else because they are all too stuck in their ways and thinking about traditional and always doing things in the exact same way that they always have. Definitely can't wait to read the next book!
I've been a huge fan of the BBC miniseries adaptation of this series for the past 15 or 16 years and had always wanted to read the book but was afraid that I wouldn't like it as much. Thankfully I was incredibly wrong about that! With very few exceptions [no matter how much I try I just can't bring myself to become invested in either Flay or Swelter] the characters are interesting and engaging and even though I more or less know what happens I still couldn't wait to read more.
I will say that Peake can be a bit too wordy for my personal taste at times but I found that listening to the audio really helped with that and I think he's created an absolutely fascinating world that more than makes up for it. It's so much fun to watch Steerpike think circles around everyone else because they are all too stuck in their ways and thinking about traditional and always doing things in the exact same way that they always have. Definitely can't wait to read the next book!