A review by kcraig73
The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M. John Harrison

slow-paced

2.0

This book follows the two most dull/irritating characters around as they don’t do a whole lot and don’t learn a whole lot. This book shows too little to be interesting. It is definitely saying something in the background. I wish I got to see more of it or that the foreground characters were interesting enough that it doesn’t matter. The writing seems heavily influenced by Lovecraft in both subject matter and style. However in imitating Lovecraft’s heavily descriptive style they have lost the drive that would be necessary to make a story like this work. The heavily descriptive style of Lovecraft works because he’s actually describing something, he’s showing you this world. The descriptions here don’t show much of anything. A bland picture of dreary landscapes and architecture, written in the style of a technical manual. I came out of it feeling like I had missed something critical to understanding the point of it all, like I had missed some inside joke or message or hint that would’ve made it made sense.