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A review by morena_sangre
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
5.0
Poetic, horrific, and powerful
It's rare in modern fiction to find a novel that is both a literary and guilty pleasure, but Yancey's novel is both. Refusing to see horror and fantasy as divorced from the elegance of philosophy and beautifully tooled prose, Yancey writes a book that draws me back to the 19th Century novels of my younger reading while riveting my attention with scenes out of nightmares. The Monstrumologist is a joy to read from start to finish...and a joy that will haunt your dreams.
It's rare in modern fiction to find a novel that is both a literary and guilty pleasure, but Yancey's novel is both. Refusing to see horror and fantasy as divorced from the elegance of philosophy and beautifully tooled prose, Yancey writes a book that draws me back to the 19th Century novels of my younger reading while riveting my attention with scenes out of nightmares. The Monstrumologist is a joy to read from start to finish...and a joy that will haunt your dreams.