A review by spookyooky7
A Lush and Seething Hell by John Hornor Jacobs

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I enjoyed both novellas, perhaps the second one more. Though both largely fizzled for me and the cosmic horror elements hit better in the first. Overall, I enjoyed the writing more than the stories… the sense of time and place was well wrought and the character voices defined however the ending felt undercooked, they just happened and no sense of narrative conclusion.