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A review by mkarlm
The Purple Cloud by M.P. Shiel
1.0
The Purple Cloud
While this book had a great premise, the execution was lacking. I really only have one word to describe it and that is: BORING! I just about lost it when almost every ship he encountered while sailing from the north pole, he had to describe, in painful detail, his exploration of it. Thank god by the time he got to Europe, he stopped exploring them, because there was a lot of ships to explore by that time and if he would have continued this book when have been longer than the Bible.
The book continued this way with highly intricate, and detailed—painfully detailed—story telling. We hear about every train he drives, every ship he sees, every flower and plant he sees, every blade of grass he steps on. Okay that last one was a bit hyperbolic, but nonetheless this book should have been about half the length and probably would have been a much better book.
While this book had a great premise, the execution was lacking. I really only have one word to describe it and that is: BORING! I just about lost it when almost every ship he encountered while sailing from the north pole, he had to describe, in painful detail, his exploration of it. Thank god by the time he got to Europe, he stopped exploring them, because there was a lot of ships to explore by that time and if he would have continued this book when have been longer than the Bible.
The book continued this way with highly intricate, and detailed—painfully detailed—story telling. We hear about every train he drives, every ship he sees, every flower and plant he sees, every blade of grass he steps on. Okay that last one was a bit hyperbolic, but nonetheless this book should have been about half the length and probably would have been a much better book.