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The Angel of the Crows
by Katherine Addison
my review of The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison.
this book was written as Sherlock Holmes (BBC) fan fiction & it’s super obvious. I just wish it had taken itself more seriously. it had so many things I really liked about it, but every time I thought “ok now we’re getting somewhere with the plot/character development/world building” it would just never be talked about. it’s more like a series of short stories. it felt like no effort was put into making this a cohesive, well rounded book. ideas would be picked up just to never be brought up again.
if it weren’t for Addison’s impeccable writing, & a few of the elements that I loved, this would be a 2 star, maybe even 1 star, book. I don’t recommend it to anyone, to be honest. just disappointing all around. & that hurts because if push came to shove, The Goblin Emperor might be my favorite book of all time.
to put it very vulgarly: it honestly kind of feels like I got edged for the 8 hours of reading it, just to not be allowed to climax 😅😂🫠
🐦⬛historical fiction paranormal, sort of gaslamp fantasy
🪽Sherlock Holmes fan fiction & not trying to hide it
🐦⬛murder mystery
🪽angels & demons & vampires, oh my
🐦⬛Supernatural meets Sherlock Holmes
🪽disappointingly disjointed storytelling
🐦⬛Jack the Ripper subplot
🪽so much going for it, just for it to fizzle & ☠️
this book was written as Sherlock Holmes (BBC) fan fiction & it’s super obvious. I just wish it had taken itself more seriously. it had so many things I really liked about it, but every time I thought “ok now we’re getting somewhere with the plot/character development/world building” it would just never be talked about. it’s more like a series of short stories. it felt like no effort was put into making this a cohesive, well rounded book. ideas would be picked up just to never be brought up again.
if it weren’t for Addison’s impeccable writing, & a few of the elements that I loved, this would be a 2 star, maybe even 1 star, book. I don’t recommend it to anyone, to be honest. just disappointing all around. & that hurts because if push came to shove, The Goblin Emperor might be my favorite book of all time.
to put it very vulgarly: it honestly kind of feels like I got edged for the 8 hours of reading it, just to not be allowed to climax 😅😂🫠
🐦⬛historical fiction paranormal, sort of gaslamp fantasy
🪽Sherlock Holmes fan fiction & not trying to hide it
🐦⬛murder mystery
🪽angels & demons & vampires, oh my
🐦⬛Supernatural meets Sherlock Holmes
🪽disappointingly disjointed storytelling
🐦⬛Jack the Ripper subplot
🪽so much going for it, just for it to fizzle & ☠️