theamazingmrg's review against another edition
3.0
Another solid but otherwise unexciting addition to the Arkham Horror universe.
Nice to see some of the background characters from the game universe get some page time.
Nice to see some of the background characters from the game universe get some page time.
emmarj's review against another edition
1.0
Has all the charisma of the back of a box of Frosted Mini Wheats.
I buy these novellas for the special cards for Arkham Horror the living card game but I felt guilty having books in my house that I hadn't read. After reading The Dirge of Reason I feel totally fine leaving the rest of the novellas unread.
The writing feels, somehow, both stilted and extraordinarily verbose. Entire paragraphs, entire PAGES, were extraneous and repetitive. They felt like nothing more than filler. All in all, I think this novella could have been chopped down to a 20 page short story.
I buy these novellas for the special cards for Arkham Horror the living card game but I felt guilty having books in my house that I hadn't read. After reading The Dirge of Reason I feel totally fine leaving the rest of the novellas unread.
The writing feels, somehow, both stilted and extraordinarily verbose. Entire paragraphs, entire PAGES, were extraneous and repetitive. They felt like nothing more than filler. All in all, I think this novella could have been chopped down to a 20 page short story.
greatnate008's review against another edition
4.0
This was a fun read. It seemed like an episode of The X-Files, but with more shotguns.
jimhart3000's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
paulopaperbooksonly's review against another edition
2.0
This is the second novella of a series of 7 or 8 created years ago (back in 2017 I believe). I am reading this in the novel printed by Aconyte (Dark Origins). But I Am reading only one novella per month.
So was this good story? Nah. It's bad. Basically we follow Roland Banks which is a character in the Arkham Horror; Eldritch Horror and Mansion of Madness universe. It's one character that I really enjoy but unfortunately everything that made that character good in the game was absent here.
If you don't know he is a lawman that never bends the true and holds duty above all. I believe the author didn't knew that much about the character. We know that he changed since he came to Arkham but in the novella in the beginning he is reasonable and then go to a loony bin and becomes a complete different person.
The story is nothing too interesting BUT as the previous tale and the ones coming these tales, you know, if you play the games know basically how they will play out. Per example in the last tale you know that Jenny (I believe that was her name) was searching for her sister and not get find it. Here we know that he will change views/actions and so on... but it was too rapid. Oh and the plot was boring...
So was this good story? Nah. It's bad. Basically we follow Roland Banks which is a character in the Arkham Horror; Eldritch Horror and Mansion of Madness universe. It's one character that I really enjoy but unfortunately everything that made that character good in the game was absent here.
If you don't know he is a lawman that never bends the true and holds duty above all. I believe the author didn't knew that much about the character. We know that he changed since he came to Arkham but in the novella in the beginning he is reasonable and then go to a loony bin and becomes a complete different person.
The story is nothing too interesting BUT as the previous tale and the ones coming these tales, you know, if you play the games know basically how they will play out. Per example in the last tale you know that Jenny (I believe that was her name) was searching for her sister and not get find it. Here we know that he will change views/actions and so on... but it was too rapid. Oh and the plot was boring...
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