Reviews

Ampiaistehdas by Iain Banks

rybkaponi's review against another edition

2.0

Господи, таке розчарування.
Френк живе собі на острові, будує дамби, підриває, робить огорожі з головами тварин, розважається як може.
Френк їздить до міста напиватися і тусити в барі з другом.
Френк знову обходить периметр острова і перевіряє свої стовпи з головами.
Френк радиться з осиною фабрикою.
Чому так?
Нащо він все це робить?
Так, я теж чекав відповіді, але для автора опис рутини цікавіший ніж пояснення чого все це відбувається, тож забудьте. Краще смакуйте чудові описи вбивств рідних Френка і бійку з кролем, це єдине вартісне в цьому паршивенькому романі.

miiimmm's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

Bonus points for the fact that this was something i have never read before. Other than that: wtf

heyjudecrochets's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

rattyice's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

kalldimma's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

burgundy_fairy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

bekreads_'s review against another edition

1.0

This book was so disgustingly violent for what ended up being the stupidest reason (and the author gave us that reason by the main character suddenly becoming hyper self-aware and feeding it to us like we’re idiots).

jessica_dueck's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I will likely never read it again, and wasn’t sure I wanted to even as I was reading it, but also had to finish it. The character will stay with me for a long time. Very well written. 

sageofthe6pack's review against another edition

3.0

it’s actually crazy how much i liked this book until the last like, ten pages. really felt like “this is what american psycho thought it was doing”. then the big twist happened and it just flushed all goodwill i had to this already outrageously fucked up and goofy book straight down the drain. but i actually don’t know, because it was literally right at the end, i still find the prose to have been extremely enjoyable. very, very mixed on this one. 

kylel64's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.75