A review by ravencrantz
Darkwalker by Duncan Eagleson
4.0
I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review
Okay, first off, this book is beautiful. I don't mean how it's written and the storyline, I'll get to that later. No, I mean physically. The way it feels the gloss on the pages, everything is so pretty, I spent a good chunk of my time admiring it instead of reading.Also the guy on the cover looks like Solid Snake what.
Story wise, this was great. We're in a post apocalyptic setting, and things are somewhat explained as you go, which is where this book fell short. I completely understand what the author was trying to do with giving us background information as it was needed instead of just dumping it on us all at once, and I appreciate that, but it resulted in the storyline becoming disjointed. It also caused the point of view to continuously change, which didn't work too well either. I do love the idea of The Beast out to get revenge by proxy, and I love how powered up the Beast is. Bullets really don't do anything, and he can regenerate his flesh when its wounded so he's really hard to take down. A superpowered antagonist is always great because then your protagonist really has to work to win. I wasn't too happy with the twist at the end, but I supposed it made sense. It just seemed a bit cliche? It did clear up my question of why there was still about 100 pages left when everything seemed to be wrapped up. So there's that.
I didn't really get too attached to any character in particular. There was a lot of death, and none of it really rattled me. Wolf was cool, but he just wasn't a standout character to me. I like the idea of the Railwalkers and what they stand for and what they do better than the Railwalkers we met. I mean, Morgan was cool and super badass and all, but since this was mostly from Wolf's perspective, we didn't get to know her too much.
Now, don't get me wrong. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I loved the setting, how it was clearly very far into the future, but still seemed less advanced than where we are today. I loved the Beast and where he came from and how hard he was to track down. The writing was done very well, even if it was disjointed at times. I am very interested in other things this author has worked on.
Overall, 3.5/5 stars
Okay, first off, this book is beautiful. I don't mean how it's written and the storyline, I'll get to that later. No, I mean physically. The way it feels the gloss on the pages, everything is so pretty, I spent a good chunk of my time admiring it instead of reading.
Story wise, this was great. We're in a post apocalyptic setting, and things are somewhat explained as you go, which is where this book fell short. I completely understand what the author was trying to do with giving us background information as it was needed instead of just dumping it on us all at once, and I appreciate that, but it resulted in the storyline becoming disjointed. It also caused the point of view to continuously change, which didn't work too well either. I do love the idea of The Beast out to get revenge by proxy, and I love how powered up the Beast is. Bullets really don't do anything, and he can regenerate his flesh when its wounded so he's really hard to take down. A superpowered antagonist is always great because then your protagonist really has to work to win. I wasn't too happy with the twist at the end, but I supposed it made sense. It just seemed a bit cliche? It did clear up my question of why there was still about 100 pages left when everything seemed to be wrapped up. So there's that.
I didn't really get too attached to any character in particular. There was a lot of death, and none of it really rattled me. Wolf was cool, but he just wasn't a standout character to me. I like the idea of the Railwalkers and what they stand for and what they do better than the Railwalkers we met. I mean, Morgan was cool and super badass and all, but since this was mostly from Wolf's perspective, we didn't get to know her too much.
Now, don't get me wrong. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I loved the setting, how it was clearly very far into the future, but still seemed less advanced than where we are today. I loved the Beast and where he came from and how hard he was to track down. The writing was done very well, even if it was disjointed at times. I am very interested in other things this author has worked on.
Overall, 3.5/5 stars