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A review by fairymodmother
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
3.0
I guess this is a fantasy? Very gothic, certainly.
CONTENT WARNING:
Things that were entertaining:
-Cast of characters. what a zany bunch!
-Gloomy foreboding atmosphere. Something ain't right in Gormenghast! Not sure yet what it is, but it sure ain't.
Things that didn't grab me:
-Very slow. This follows the first year of baby Titus' life, from the time his mother abandons him to the date his father abandons him, making him the new earl. As he is the principle character but also preverbal at this point, we spend a lot of time following the rest of the household in odd vignettes.
-Very odd. People are havin' duels, committing arson, luring birds and falling asleep mid-sentence every which way. I didn't understand what happened to his father, or with the wet nurse really either.
-Narration. The narrator here was talented, in that he could do many weird voices, but importantly, audiobooks must be understood to be appreciated. I definitely missed some things to whinnying and growling and whatever else was going on.
Fun to have read such a classic, glad to have it out of the way, no intention to continue.
CONTENT WARNING:
Spoiler
depression, child neglect, house fire, loss of a child, classism, violenceThings that were entertaining:
-Cast of characters. what a zany bunch!
-Gloomy foreboding atmosphere. Something ain't right in Gormenghast! Not sure yet what it is, but it sure ain't.
Things that didn't grab me:
-Very slow. This follows the first year of baby Titus' life, from the time his mother abandons him to the date his father abandons him, making him the new earl. As he is the principle character but also preverbal at this point, we spend a lot of time following the rest of the household in odd vignettes.
-Very odd. People are havin' duels, committing arson, luring birds and falling asleep mid-sentence every which way. I didn't understand what happened to his father, or with the wet nurse really either.
-Narration. The narrator here was talented, in that he could do many weird voices, but importantly, audiobooks must be understood to be appreciated. I definitely missed some things to whinnying and growling and whatever else was going on.
Fun to have read such a classic, glad to have it out of the way, no intention to continue.