A review by mhedgescsus
Blood Follows by Steven Erikson
2.0
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Despite the intriguing characters, this book felt nothing more than a brief introduction to this series of short stories
This book is, at it's heart, a murder investigation - but ultimately fell flat due to a lack of plot development. It's clearly designed to introduce the three main characters characters to you and show why they are working together, and the murder mystery was just an excuse to do so.
As soon as the plot started to get interesting, the book suddenly ended. And while I did get some enjoyment out of the grim humor that was presented, the lack of a plot made this hard to digest. I would have greatly preferred this book to be twice the length (at least) so it could have explained the story in greater detail.
I have some hope though that the future stories in this series will improve now that we got our character introductions out of the way. At least I hope so.
Despite the intriguing characters, this book felt nothing more than a brief introduction to this series of short stories
This book is, at it's heart, a murder investigation - but ultimately fell flat due to a lack of plot development. It's clearly designed to introduce the three main characters characters to you and show why they are working together, and the murder mystery was just an excuse to do so.
As soon as the plot started to get interesting, the book suddenly ended. And while I did get some enjoyment out of the grim humor that was presented, the lack of a plot made this hard to digest. I would have greatly preferred this book to be twice the length (at least) so it could have explained the story in greater detail.
I have some hope though that the future stories in this series will improve now that we got our character introductions out of the way. At least I hope so.