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A review by madmooney
Locke & Key: The Golden Age by Joe Hill
5.0
Locke & Key : The Golden Age offers a series of vignettes featuring the Locke Family in the early 20th century.
This stories of these families are told in their own rights; there is no subtle purpose to tie everything to the Locke's from the main series ([b:Locke & Key Slipcase Set|22808339|Locke & Key Slipcase Set|Joe Hill|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1407708892l/22808339._SX50_.jpg|41682620] ).
The 1st four stories (Small World, Open the Moon, Face the Music, In Pale Battalions Go) are continuous, and they remind the reader that, while the keys of Whispering Iron are forged with new purposes, their origins are still evil and will lead to nothing but chaos and pain for those that wield them. This is seen in the tragic turn of the Locke's family fortune.
However, this tragedy is turned in the books final outing, the Locke & Key/Sandman crossover. God, do things go ever so bonkers there!
I would highly recommend reading Neil Gaiman's Sandman prior to this final story, because I did not and it felt like hanging onto a mechanical bull reading it.
One final note: Joe Hill cited [b:Calvin and Hobbes|77727|Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes, #1)|Bill Watterson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1441227694l/77727._SX50_.jpg|2110010] as the inspiration for one of the stories inside, and it was a wonderful tribute (however rimmed with the Grim taint of Locke and Key). ;)
This stories of these families are told in their own rights; there is no subtle purpose to tie everything to the Locke's from the main series ([b:Locke & Key Slipcase Set|22808339|Locke & Key Slipcase Set|Joe Hill|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1407708892l/22808339._SX50_.jpg|41682620] ).
The 1st four stories (Small World, Open the Moon, Face the Music, In Pale Battalions Go) are continuous, and they remind the reader that, while the keys of Whispering Iron are forged with new purposes, their origins are still evil and will lead to nothing but chaos and pain for those that wield them. This is seen in the tragic turn of the Locke's family fortune.
However, this tragedy is turned in the books final outing, the Locke & Key/Sandman crossover. God, do things go ever so bonkers there!
I would highly recommend reading Neil Gaiman's Sandman prior to this final story, because I did not and it felt like hanging onto a mechanical bull reading it.
One final note: Joe Hill cited [b:Calvin and Hobbes|77727|Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes, #1)|Bill Watterson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1441227694l/77727._SX50_.jpg|2110010] as the inspiration for one of the stories inside, and it was a wonderful tribute (however rimmed with the Grim taint of Locke and Key). ;)