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A review by wiseard
The Skinner by Neal Asher
2.0
Interesting concept at play however there's just too much drab for it to be effective.
There were good parts, don't get me wrong, but the bad parts are so overwhelming in this book.
While I can understand from a philosophical point of view the attempt at establishing the local fauna in an interesting way the reality is that it's just too badly described. All the chapter epigraphs are ridiculous in this respect.
And in the last part of the book Asher discovers the word "dingle" and just doesn't let go. At least his use of obscure words is somewhat more diminished since his first book.
The only reason I don't rate this as 1 star is the relationship between Sniper and SM13. Actually Sniper turns out a really nice character. It also had a more decent ending than the first 2 Cormac books.
There were good parts, don't get me wrong, but the bad parts are so overwhelming in this book.
While I can understand from a philosophical point of view the attempt at establishing the local fauna in an interesting way the reality is that it's just too badly described. All the chapter epigraphs are ridiculous in this respect.
And in the last part of the book Asher discovers the word "dingle" and just doesn't let go. At least his use of obscure words is somewhat more diminished since his first book.
The only reason I don't rate this as 1 star is the relationship between Sniper and SM13. Actually Sniper turns out a really nice character. It also had a more decent ending than the first 2 Cormac books.