futuriana's review against another edition
3.0
Not quite as good as I hoped it would be, the world was great and the characters interesting but the acutal plot sort of started losing my attention by the end. But I am very interested in picking up City of Saints and Madmen now.
jamjarmusch's review against another edition
2.0
The main character has one emotion, and it's anger. The main character has one personality trait, and it is being angry
reanimatedreader's review against another edition
4.0
Using up my Australian Amazon gift cards I treated myself to this new book.
This was a dark and brutal murder mystery set it a brilliant world of dominant species fighting for supremacy. I didn't realise at the time this was part of a trilogy however it stands alone nicely as I didn't feel like I was missing much from not having the read the other two. The writing is blunt and how I imagine old detective movies would have seemed written down, it did take a little while to get into the swing of reading like that though.
This was a dark and brutal murder mystery set it a brilliant world of dominant species fighting for supremacy. I didn't realise at the time this was part of a trilogy however it stands alone nicely as I didn't feel like I was missing much from not having the read the other two. The writing is blunt and how I imagine old detective movies would have seemed written down, it did take a little while to get into the swing of reading like that though.
carsonkrone's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
spikespiegel's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
kungfusquirrel's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
5.0
ensslen's review against another edition
4.0
Finch is a fascinating story. This book is a remarkable work of fiction, packed with ideas so alien that it broadens the reader's imagination at every step. However I found the writing style, with its liberal use of sentence fragments, hard to read, and it took me several starts to get into the flow of the story.
This is the third story set in this world, and other readers might have a better experience if they started at the beginning.
This is the third story set in this world, and other readers might have a better experience if they started at the beginning.
freyaa's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting concepts and a weird world that was compelling in its details, the book really needed an editor (and a priest) to cut down some of the gratuitous violence and brutal carnage.