A review by jcovey
Culdesac by Robert Repino
4.0
I picked this up at the BookLoft because of it's small size, cool cover, wild back blurb, and discounted price. Didn't know anything else about this author or this larger series its a part of, and I finally just read it.
And it was an absolute blast. Gritty and violent, takes itself entirely seriously, while also being just utterly bizarre and ridiculous as a premise. Exactly the kind of shit I love. Fantastic prose too, this Repino guy is quite a writer.
Perhaps someday I'll read the larger trilogy this is a part of. The quality of the writing and the setting make it tempting. But probably not for a long time, this is the kind of thing that it's delightful to just dip into and out of.
Wonderful novella.
And it was an absolute blast. Gritty and violent, takes itself entirely seriously, while also being just utterly bizarre and ridiculous as a premise. Exactly the kind of shit I love. Fantastic prose too, this Repino guy is quite a writer.
Perhaps someday I'll read the larger trilogy this is a part of. The quality of the writing and the setting make it tempting. But probably not for a long time, this is the kind of thing that it's delightful to just dip into and out of.
Wonderful novella.