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A review by blakeaustin
The Worm and His Kings by Hailey Piper
3.0
More of a 3.5
There was a lot I liked in this book. Cool creatures, and I always appreciate cosmic horror that isn’t just watered down Lovecraft.
As far as what I didn’t like, this book starts out fast and captivating but very quickly slams into a brick wall of exposition dumps that really messed up the pace for me. It’s a short book, but way too much of it is just people telling each other information about what is going on for pages and pages. Less telling, more showing would greatly improve the story for me.
There was a lot I liked in this book. Cool creatures, and I always appreciate cosmic horror that isn’t just watered down Lovecraft.
As far as what I didn’t like, this book starts out fast and captivating but very quickly slams into a brick wall of exposition dumps that really messed up the pace for me. It’s a short book, but way too much of it is just people telling each other information about what is going on for pages and pages. Less telling, more showing would greatly improve the story for me.