A review by ammonoids
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A character study of a place, rather than a person. It took me a while to get into it, but Gormenghast is a place with a delightfully dusty personality, cats around every corner- with kitchen boys trying for power, abd countesses trying to avoid it. I find myself wondering at the edges of this world. The descriptions are so exact that sometimes it feels like Gormenghast is all there is... which is, I suppose, how the characters feel too.