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A review by moonbites
Night Train by David Quantick
5.0
4.5 ⭐️
So, I don't think I gave this book as much love as I should have. The reviews for this are so skewed that I figured I better at least write something about why I liked it.
I picked this up on a whim because Neil Gaiman blurbed this and thus I was immediately intrigued. Then I saw a blurb describing it as Snowpiercer on LSD, and after reading it I can say that's not too far off the mark.
It's a weird book, one that is bound to be polarizing. It's slow going, yet I was never bored. It's such a strange world and the characters are so hilarious that I couldn't help but keep turning the page. Also, let it be said this is the first full length novel I finished with my eyeballs in almost a year. I am a die hard audiobook listener and find reading with my eyes tiresome, but I devoured this book in a matter of days. That's a huge personal feat, that I feel really says something about this book.
The writing was super easy to get into, the dialogue between the characters was so funny and was a great contrast to the bizarre and sometimes terrifying backdrop. Quantick keeps you engaged and wondering what the hell is going on. The only reason this isn't a perfect five stars is because things wrapped up a little too quickly at the end and that felt a bit cheap. But, the journey is what really made this book a delight for me.
Granted usually the reverse is true and the ending makes or break a book for me, but this book was just something special to me. It compelled me and I came to really love this quirky cast of characters.
So, I don't think I gave this book as much love as I should have. The reviews for this are so skewed that I figured I better at least write something about why I liked it.
I picked this up on a whim because Neil Gaiman blurbed this and thus I was immediately intrigued. Then I saw a blurb describing it as Snowpiercer on LSD, and after reading it I can say that's not too far off the mark.
It's a weird book, one that is bound to be polarizing. It's slow going, yet I was never bored. It's such a strange world and the characters are so hilarious that I couldn't help but keep turning the page. Also, let it be said this is the first full length novel I finished with my eyeballs in almost a year. I am a die hard audiobook listener and find reading with my eyes tiresome, but I devoured this book in a matter of days. That's a huge personal feat, that I feel really says something about this book.
The writing was super easy to get into, the dialogue between the characters was so funny and was a great contrast to the bizarre and sometimes terrifying backdrop. Quantick keeps you engaged and wondering what the hell is going on. The only reason this isn't a perfect five stars is because things wrapped up a little too quickly at the end and that felt a bit cheap. But, the journey is what really made this book a delight for me.
Granted usually the reverse is true and the ending makes or break a book for me, but this book was just something special to me. It compelled me and I came to really love this quirky cast of characters.