A review by iffer
Heap House by Edward Carey

2.0

I started out loving the dour tone of this book, the illustrations, the world-building, and the dry humor. I thought the illustrations were also lovely and evocative. However, after about a third of the way through it, it started to feel like a slog to me. A narrative doesn't become particularly apparent until halfway or more throughout the novel, which is somewhat forgivable, because so much of the writing is spent on world-building, but this made it difficult for me to enjoy. I see that there are other books in this series, so this was probably meant to be read as a first book of several, but the book just felt like it ended to me, and I'm not inclined to read more.

I definitely appreciate this book, and I know several people who would love this. It was just not for me.

Thanks to Goodreads for the giveaway copy (even though I took ages to read and review it after receiving it).