A review by laurelinwonder
Fellside by M.R. Carey

4.0

The story is the fairly impressive, because it's sprawling and intense, but it keeps you completely in its world, desperate to know what is going to happen and when and to whom. There are a number of fascinating characters, who help peel back the layers of the story for the reader as all the pieces start to come together. However, pacing is also a huge factor in what makes this book so gulpy. most of the chapters are fewer than ten pages, 3-4 pages on average, where each chapter switches viewpoint so you're always being propelled forward at great speed, although not always in the same direction. Which kind of worked, but also was like whiplash. Totally different from "The Girl with All the Gifts."