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A review by jakethedad
Luminous Chaos by Jean-Christophe Valtat, Mahendra Singh
1.0
Is there a more frustrating/disappointing series out there than New Venice? After the increasingly convoluted mess that was Aurorarama, I got Luminous Chaos hoping that it would better fulfill the series' unique promise. I was initially thrilled at the more interesting premise (Time travel!) and historical fiction setting (Paris!) and some new characters and dared to hope.
Unfortunately, the more interesting characters get almost no spotlight, and we're left to again watch Brentford and Gabriel wander aimlessly from mystery to increasingly frustratingly complex mystery. (Thankfully without as much depravity from Gabriel this time, just a reminder every 5 pages or so that he likes to hook up with underage hermaphrodite siamese twins.)
All the squandered opportunities make this even worse than book 1. Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, I'm not reading anymore of your crappy books.
Unfortunately, the more interesting characters get almost no spotlight, and we're left to again watch Brentford and Gabriel wander aimlessly from mystery to increasingly frustratingly complex mystery. (Thankfully without as much depravity from Gabriel this time, just a reminder every 5 pages or so that he likes to hook up with underage hermaphrodite siamese twins.)
All the squandered opportunities make this even worse than book 1. Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, I'm not reading anymore of your crappy books.