A review by thereadingmum
Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Sometimes referencing other authors or books helps entice readers who love those other authors or books. More often though, it either doesn't help or puts a reader off because it's not at all like what it's been likened to. And why should it? Each author should have their own voice and not mimic someone else.
Perilous Times is labelled on the cover as "imagine Good Omens with Arthurian knights" and "perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Jodi Taylor and Ben Aaronovitch". Being a fan of those authors, I picked this up without hesitation. About 50 pages in, I was feeling a bit disappointed. It's not half as funny as Pratchett or Aaronovitch. Nor is it as witty or as wildly imaginative as Gaiman.
However, I ended up loving it nonetheless. It is a tad depressing and I felt some of the malais the MC, Mariam, felt with everything that is happening in the world and how dire the environmental situation is. We're honestly not that far off what is depicted in the book, which scares the !#&^ out of me.
But there is a lot of hope in here as well just as there is in real life. It doesn't take a hero to do something heroic. We need to stop waiting for someone else to do something, anything regardless of how small or impossible. I love this book for that message.
Perilous Times is labelled on the cover as "imagine Good Omens with Arthurian knights" and "perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Jodi Taylor and Ben Aaronovitch". Being a fan of those authors, I picked this up without hesitation. About 50 pages in, I was feeling a bit disappointed. It's not half as funny as Pratchett or Aaronovitch. Nor is it as witty or as wildly imaginative as Gaiman.
However, I ended up loving it nonetheless. It is a tad depressing and I felt some of the malais the MC, Mariam, felt with everything that is happening in the world and how dire the environmental situation is. We're honestly not that far off what is depicted in the book, which scares the !#&^ out of me.
But there is a lot of hope in here as well just as there is in real life. It doesn't take a hero to do something heroic. We need to stop waiting for someone else to do something, anything regardless of how small or impossible. I love this book for that message.