Drood

In keeping theme with my last post (which was ages ago, but that means I have been reading, right?), I am going to talk about Dan Simmons again. I will get off this author soon, but for now, he is a ripping good spinner of the proverbial yarn so bear with me. This time it will be Drood that I will discuss, but I will keep this brief as I hate people that tell me too much about a book.

What You May Like:

If you enjoy the Victorian time period of Britain and the mixture of magic and science amid the seedy underground of London and all the literary references you can handle, this is your book. It happened to be one of my favorites from him, if it did seem a little drawn out, but the narrative was well done. It shouldn't be too hard to get into the language after a chapter or two so stick with it.

What You May Dislike:

I didn't like the ending, to put it bluntly. I thought the book was heading in one direction and it went kind of sideways for me. I still enjoyed it immensely or I wouldn't have finished it (there is only so much time, why waste it?). If you just let the novel unfold without guessing as to what will happen you may enjoy it more. If you are like me, however, and try to guess and plot along, you may be disappointed. Just fair warning.

A note on my absence:

I had really lost my motivation for doing this. If you find that you are using this and enjoying it, please let me know. You can please just post something to this site, letting me know if I should continue or stick to the day job. Either way, I will still be working, but it would be nice to hear what the reading public thinks.

thank you and keep reading.