Scan barcode
A review by jerald
Fool on the Hill by Matt Ruff
5.0
This book is absolutely fantastic, and it’s all the more impressive once you find it that the author wrote it as his senior thesis project in College. I bought a copy of this book after reading Lovecraft Country by the same author, and I think I like this one even more.
While the plot is good, what made me really enjoy this book was the sheer force of storytelling behind it. Matt Ruff knows how to spin a good yarn with ease in a way that makes a voluminous book enrapturing from start to finish. There are a diverse array of characters, from members of a Tolkien fraternity, complete with an underground rendition of the woods of Lothlorien; there are talking dogs and cats, a group of sprites who live on campus and all have Shakespearian names, and an eclectic group of Bohemian students who kick ass and ride horses through Cornell. Despite the numerous characters, you end up loving each and every one. At the heart of the story is a mythical force who’s changing fate to suit his own whims, slowly bringing everyone together into a struggle against an ancient enemy. Here there be dragons, and an evil mannequin out for blood. If you like a good tale with a fine sprinkling of the fantastical, don’t miss this one!
While the plot is good, what made me really enjoy this book was the sheer force of storytelling behind it. Matt Ruff knows how to spin a good yarn with ease in a way that makes a voluminous book enrapturing from start to finish. There are a diverse array of characters, from members of a Tolkien fraternity, complete with an underground rendition of the woods of Lothlorien; there are talking dogs and cats, a group of sprites who live on campus and all have Shakespearian names, and an eclectic group of Bohemian students who kick ass and ride horses through Cornell. Despite the numerous characters, you end up loving each and every one. At the heart of the story is a mythical force who’s changing fate to suit his own whims, slowly bringing everyone together into a struggle against an ancient enemy. Here there be dragons, and an evil mannequin out for blood. If you like a good tale with a fine sprinkling of the fantastical, don’t miss this one!