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A review by firebiscuits
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
3.0
For 76 generations the family Groan has ruled over the ancient and sprawling castle of Gormenghast. But two arrivals will shake up the Groans in their storied tradition and ritual: the birth of Titus, heir to Gormenghast, and the rise of the scheming and ruthless Steerpike, a kitchen servant with ambitions far above his current station.
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What I liked: Mervyn Peake's prose. Oh wow. His descriptions are as gorgeous as they are surprising. His turns of phrase are uniquely evocative and feel like nothing else I've ever read.
The lonely, ominous feel of this book also made this a perfect early autumn read.
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What I disliked: This book is slow. This is the kind of book that takes half a page to describe the expression on someone's face. It's very much a deliberate, stylistic choice, but sometimes I felt like I was wading through this book more than reading it.
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What I liked: Mervyn Peake's prose. Oh wow. His descriptions are as gorgeous as they are surprising. His turns of phrase are uniquely evocative and feel like nothing else I've ever read.
The lonely, ominous feel of this book also made this a perfect early autumn read.
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What I disliked: This book is slow. This is the kind of book that takes half a page to describe the expression on someone's face. It's very much a deliberate, stylistic choice, but sometimes I felt like I was wading through this book more than reading it.