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A review by mercwolfmoor
Heart of Veridon by Tim Akers
2.0
So. It has a great premise, it's gearpunk, and it's got lots of shiny in the world building (parasitic clockwork angels! airships! worms that create living dead in the river!). I began reading really wanting to like this, because in theory it has many things that Merc loves.
It bored me to tears. I tried to get over the issues of voice and flat characterization and the rough edges. I really, really tried to find something to engage in. (I did like Wilson, in the sense I found him to have the hope of developing more personality--plus he was some kind of humaniod spider scientist-assassin dude.) No dice. It's sad when not even the shiny is enough.
It bored me to tears. I tried to get over the issues of voice and flat characterization and the rough edges. I really, really tried to find something to engage in. (I did like Wilson, in the sense I found him to have the hope of developing more personality--plus he was some kind of humaniod spider scientist-assassin dude.) No dice. It's sad when not even the shiny is enough.