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A review by scottk1222
The Queen of Bedlam by Robert R. McCammon
4.0
When I was younger I really enjoyed a few of Mr. McCammon's books. Swan Song and Boys Life being the two I remember enjoying the most. Then I moved on to other things but kept my eyes peeled for more of his work, but nothing caught my eye enough for me to purchase it. I must have picked up Speaks the Night Bird 5 or 6 times, always putting it down for something I thought would be better. And they were all enjoyable as far as books go, fast forward to a few weeks ago as I was meandering through Powell's and Lo and behold I found this beauty. Granted I started in the middle of the series, which, by and large, I really hate to do but this book really grabbed me from page 1 and did not let me go.
I have said this before and I will say it again I am sure, but I love books that grab you from the get go and never really let you go. The ones you think about long after you have closed it for the day. The ones that make you have dreams about the time period and characters within. This is one of those books. In this book there are many such characters. Matthew Corbett is one, but there are so many others, Hudson Greathouse and the strong and enigmatic Mrs Herrald. For a bit of comedy relief we have Marmaduke Grigsby and the list could go on and on. That is what drew me to McCammon's writing in the first place I think, he give real thought and life blood to the characters in all of his books, well, at least the ones I have read.The detail that he puts into his work is also very realistic, it must be hard to write HIstorical fiction because, well, we weren't there and we can only really guess as to what alot of the every day grind might have been for someone in the 17th or 18th century. This book is highly believable in that respect as well. So, in a sense, I am happy to have read this book a bit out of order because this is the one that got me started on a great adventure with great friends, it seems now I have to catch up and get the other two soon so that I continue the journey I have begun. I have not decided yet if I will go forward and read Mr. Slaughter ( the third book in the series) or if I will go back and read about Matthew's humble beginnings as an Orphan in New York and the Carolina Colony in Speaks the Nightbird(the first book in the series). One thing is certain, and that is the fact that I can not wait to see what great adventure awaits me in either.
I have said this before and I will say it again I am sure, but I love books that grab you from the get go and never really let you go. The ones you think about long after you have closed it for the day. The ones that make you have dreams about the time period and characters within. This is one of those books. In this book there are many such characters. Matthew Corbett is one, but there are so many others, Hudson Greathouse and the strong and enigmatic Mrs Herrald. For a bit of comedy relief we have Marmaduke Grigsby and the list could go on and on. That is what drew me to McCammon's writing in the first place I think, he give real thought and life blood to the characters in all of his books, well, at least the ones I have read.The detail that he puts into his work is also very realistic, it must be hard to write HIstorical fiction because, well, we weren't there and we can only really guess as to what alot of the every day grind might have been for someone in the 17th or 18th century. This book is highly believable in that respect as well. So, in a sense, I am happy to have read this book a bit out of order because this is the one that got me started on a great adventure with great friends, it seems now I have to catch up and get the other two soon so that I continue the journey I have begun. I have not decided yet if I will go forward and read Mr. Slaughter ( the third book in the series) or if I will go back and read about Matthew's humble beginnings as an Orphan in New York and the Carolina Colony in Speaks the Nightbird(the first book in the series). One thing is certain, and that is the fact that I can not wait to see what great adventure awaits me in either.