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His Black Tongue by Mitchell Lüthi

7 reviews

biobeetle's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

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willow_the_wisp's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Disclaimer: I only listened to the first story; I didn't know it was a collection and not just a novella, but since the title story takes up most of the book l'm still going to count it as read.
The audio book production is really good for this one. The extra sounds of footsteps, crows, rain etc. are at the right level that they add to the atmosphere without making the actual narration hard to hear. It's the perfect audiobook to listen to on a misty fall day. My only complaint about it is that the distortion on the demons voice was really hard to understand.
When I went into this I thought it was about the plague, fno I didn't read the blurb fully, why do you ask)turns out it's actually about the devil, which was a bit disappointing but that's on me. But I do wish we had leaned more into the town and how the residents we affected, explored how the demonic presence was its own plague, instead of the rout it went on.
In the parts when our MCs were still trying to figure things out, I was interested in where the story was going. Sadly its destination wasn't has atmospheric or mysterious as I would hope. The end confrontation dragged on for way to long and was so overly dramatic while taking itself way to seriously that it ended up being a very silly. another reviewer (on goodreads) described it as "catholic anime" and i cant agree more
The twist at the very end was really good and genuinely caught me off guard. Over all I would say it had a lot of potential but was ultimately lackluster.

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zarelaeda's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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50shadesofrae's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

I think I was hoping for more horror rooted in how terrifying it would have been to be alive in the dark ages? I wouldn’t really call any of these stories horror, they’re more like DnD meets medieval Christian fanfic.

I enjoyed the third story most and think it would be a rad concept for a DnD campaign, but each story can be summed up as such: 3/4 long winded exposition, one big hellmouth, and a LOT of swordfighting and monologues til a lackluster finish.

I really wanted to like this one, but I don’t find any of the concepts particularly scary and the action scenes really left something to be desired.

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