Scan barcode
A review by directorpurry
Tales from the Half-Continent by D.M. Cornish
4.0
Actual rating: 3.75 stas
CW: kidnapping, child trafficking, death of an animal, (mentioned) death of a parent
Without Rossamund as our guide, Tales from the Half-Continent truly feels like it's leaving its YA tags and aspirations behind - which is totally fine with me! The Monster Blood Tattoo trilogy has always been quite dark for whatever age it felt like it was being marketed to, but these stories felt particularly unencumbered. As always, Cornish's illustrations are remarkable.
"The Coarsers' Hinge" - 4 stars
All of the Lovecraftian elements that were alluded to in Factotum are really being explored here and I love it!!! It even has most of the elements of good Lovecraftian fiction - a detective,, , and
"The Fuller and the Bogle" - 3.5 stars
This was a little more traditionally YA, but in a good way. A slightly more contained monster hunting adventure with lots of revenge.
CW: kidnapping, child trafficking, death of an animal, (mentioned) death of a parent
Without Rossamund as our guide, Tales from the Half-Continent truly feels like it's leaving its YA tags and aspirations behind - which is totally fine with me! The Monster Blood Tattoo trilogy has always been quite dark for whatever age it felt like it was being marketed to, but these stories felt particularly unencumbered. As always, Cornish's illustrations are remarkable.
"The Coarsers' Hinge" - 4 stars
All of the Lovecraftian elements that were alluded to in Factotum are really being explored here and I love it!!! It even has most of the elements of good Lovecraftian fiction - a detective,
Spoiler
cultistsSpoiler
human sacrificeSpoiler
sea-beings with absurd names!"The Fuller and the Bogle" - 3.5 stars
This was a little more traditionally YA, but in a good way. A slightly more contained monster hunting adventure with lots of revenge.