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montescrito 's review for:
Titus Groan
by Mervyn Peake
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
might rise it to 4.5 stars after i read further about the creation of the book.
this was a big surprise. the enchanting factor for me and what absorbed me so quickly was the whole premise and structure of the book. it was unique, but also so subtly dark and twisted, the dialogues were very chaotic but still they would follow a logical order. i believe that the author measured everything and created a perfect metric that would create this perfect and bizarre enviroment. it's something that i rarely find in literature, authors that pretend they're letting it go wild but in reality they are holding everything under their control. as a reader it feels like a dream to go through such narrative, and i'm very glad i found a good example of that in this book. i absolutely loved the world setting, the ridiculously macabre personality of all characters trapped in an idea that separated them from the world. special mention to fuchsia; she was probably the most interesting character for me throughout the entire book and i enjoyed reading her pov very much.
i'm not sure if i will enjoy the following books as much but i want to give them a go. i'm also a big fan of mervyn drawing his own ideas and not only narrating them. that's the dream!
this was a big surprise. the enchanting factor for me and what absorbed me so quickly was the whole premise and structure of the book. it was unique, but also so subtly dark and twisted, the dialogues were very chaotic but still they would follow a logical order. i believe that the author measured everything and created a perfect metric that would create this perfect and bizarre enviroment. it's something that i rarely find in literature, authors that pretend they're letting it go wild but in reality they are holding everything under their control. as a reader it feels like a dream to go through such narrative, and i'm very glad i found a good example of that in this book. i absolutely loved the world setting, the ridiculously macabre personality of all characters trapped in an idea that separated them from the world. special mention to fuchsia; she was probably the most interesting character for me throughout the entire book and i enjoyed reading her pov very much.
i'm not sure if i will enjoy the following books as much but i want to give them a go. i'm also a big fan of mervyn drawing his own ideas and not only narrating them. that's the dream!