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lucgoose96's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
evenatalya's review against another edition
3.0
This book was a weird one. The whole concept is amazing but I just don’t think it was executed as well as it could’ve been. There was no build up or characterisation whatsoever making it hard to feel anything for any of the characters. It was quite fast paced which made sense with the concept but took a while to get behind. There was no explanation to anything that happened. The only reason I’ve given it a 3/5 is because of the suspense built in the last chapters. It could’ve been so good!
lis_rr's review against another edition
4.0
Super simple concept that creates an incredibly creepy apocalyptic world. Couldn't put this down and finished it off in a day.
hayleyg84's review against another edition
2.0
Loved the concept of this book and found the first chapters absolutely chilling and quite disturbing. And then I found the writing style and lack of any answers or explanation just irritating. So wanted to like this but my general feeling after finishing is disappointment.
sunshine42's review against another edition
3.0
A poetic and violent tale of an insomnia apocalypse, intertwined with the realities of forgotten words which come back to haunt us.
shella688's review against another edition
4.0
I didn't expect to enjoy Nod as much as I did.
I went into it hoping I'd enjoy it - but then the narrator annoyed me about every other sentence and it put me right off (if it helps, by the end he only annoyed me maybe once every chapter)
Nod is a book that tries to be clever and sometimes succeeds. It's a "zombie" apocalypse that is less blood-and-guts and more musing on the nature of humanity and civilisation. It's like the better cousin to The Girl With All the Gifts by MR Carey, even if Adrian Barnes can't seem to write a good female character.
I liked the ending - it very much succeeded in being clever there. I liked how Adrian Barnes is one of the few horror authors who seems to agree with me in how not everything needs to be explained to be effective. Overall, much to my surprise, I liked Nod
I went into it hoping I'd enjoy it - but then the narrator annoyed me about every other sentence and it put me right off (if it helps, by the end he only annoyed me maybe once every chapter)
Nod is a book that tries to be clever and sometimes succeeds. It's a "zombie" apocalypse that is less blood-and-guts and more musing on the nature of humanity and civilisation. It's like the better cousin to The Girl With All the Gifts by MR Carey, even if Adrian Barnes can't seem to write a good female character.
I liked the ending - it very much succeeded in being clever there. I liked how Adrian Barnes is one of the few horror authors who seems to agree with me in how not everything needs to be explained to be effective. Overall, much to my surprise, I liked Nod
kelri's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.5
prufrockcoat's review against another edition
2.0
This is a solid example of a horror novel with some upmarket pretensions--the writing is nice, and it has to be, with a linguist as a narrator. I won't go through the plot summary because it gets way too convoluted to be succinctly put and I think the book description is a pretty fair representation.
This didn't blow my world, but if you like Anderson Prunty and others in that vein of bizarro-horror, this might be right up your alley. Please note that it gets a little graphic, but nothing really bad is described in detail.
Be ready to suspend your disbelief.
This didn't blow my world, but if you like Anderson Prunty and others in that vein of bizarro-horror, this might be right up your alley. Please note that it gets a little graphic, but nothing really bad is described in detail.
Be ready to suspend your disbelief.