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A review by thepagelady
The Grand Dark by Richard Kadrey
3.0
The Great War is over.
But this newfound hedonism-drugs and sex and endless parties-distracts from strange realities of everyday life: Intelligent automata taking jobs. Genetically engineered creatures that serve as pets and beasts of war. A theater where gruesome murders happen twice a day.
And a new plague that even the ceaseless euphoria can't mask.
Largo is an addict with ambitions.
He has a beautiful girlfriend, drugs, a chance at a promotion-and maybe, an opportunity for complete transformation: a contact among the elite who will set him on the course to lift himself up out of the streets.
Others have a vision of life very different from Largo's, and they will use any methods to secure control. And in behind it all, beyond the frivolity and chaos, the threat of new war always looms.
Dreams can be a dangerous thing in a city whose mood is turning dark and inward.
Thank you Goodreads and Avon/Voyager At Harper Collins for a chance to read this book!
This is the first book I have read by Richard Kadrey. When the book arrived, I looked him up and read a lot of good things about him. So, I got excited to read this book. I see there are a lot of mixed opinions about this book and some of them I can agree with. But overall, I feel this was a good and interesting book. There’s just a lot of things crammed into one book. The characters were nicely thought out easy to like and follow. The story is science fiction with a historical feel to it. It took me a little bit to get into it but in the end, I really did like the story. Happy reading everyone!!
But this newfound hedonism-drugs and sex and endless parties-distracts from strange realities of everyday life: Intelligent automata taking jobs. Genetically engineered creatures that serve as pets and beasts of war. A theater where gruesome murders happen twice a day.
And a new plague that even the ceaseless euphoria can't mask.
Largo is an addict with ambitions.
He has a beautiful girlfriend, drugs, a chance at a promotion-and maybe, an opportunity for complete transformation: a contact among the elite who will set him on the course to lift himself up out of the streets.
Others have a vision of life very different from Largo's, and they will use any methods to secure control. And in behind it all, beyond the frivolity and chaos, the threat of new war always looms.
Dreams can be a dangerous thing in a city whose mood is turning dark and inward.
Thank you Goodreads and Avon/Voyager At Harper Collins for a chance to read this book!
This is the first book I have read by Richard Kadrey. When the book arrived, I looked him up and read a lot of good things about him. So, I got excited to read this book. I see there are a lot of mixed opinions about this book and some of them I can agree with. But overall, I feel this was a good and interesting book. There’s just a lot of things crammed into one book. The characters were nicely thought out easy to like and follow. The story is science fiction with a historical feel to it. It took me a little bit to get into it but in the end, I really did like the story. Happy reading everyone!!