[books 2014] The Severed Streets
21. The Severed Streets by Paul Cornell
The eagerly awaited (by me) sequel to London Falling. I finished it on Wednesday but wanted to think about some things before I wrote it up. Sadly my brain has been deader than a very dead thing, so I'm still not very articulate.
I'm still not sure how I feel about this. The main problem being that I came to the second book with expectations.
It didn't go where I thought it would - we still don't know a lot about the structure and nature of magical London.
Cornell shares my opinions on the Jack the Ripper murders and the hype. On the plus side, Paul Cornell has come to the same conclusion as me. On the down side, should I ever articulate such opinions, it'll just get written off as having stolen them from Paul.
I'm still not sure how I feel about his insertion of Neil Gaiman as a character, but I kind of like where he went with it.
And although we go in knowing that one way to gain insight is to "make sacrifice", the level of sacrifice here - well, it packs a punch. It's a Dresden-files level of having to give up too much to get the desired result. (Speaking of which, that's out tomorrow. Yay!)
Having said all that, yes it's a good ripping yarn. I was way over-thinking it.
The eagerly awaited (by me) sequel to London Falling. I finished it on Wednesday but wanted to think about some things before I wrote it up. Sadly my brain has been deader than a very dead thing, so I'm still not very articulate.
I'm still not sure how I feel about this. The main problem being that I came to the second book with expectations.
It didn't go where I thought it would - we still don't know a lot about the structure and nature of magical London.
Cornell shares my opinions on the Jack the Ripper murders and the hype. On the plus side, Paul Cornell has come to the same conclusion as me. On the down side, should I ever articulate such opinions, it'll just get written off as having stolen them from Paul.
I'm still not sure how I feel about his insertion of Neil Gaiman as a character, but I kind of like where he went with it.
And although we go in knowing that one way to gain insight is to "make sacrifice", the level of sacrifice here - well, it packs a punch. It's a Dresden-files level of having to give up too much to get the desired result. (Speaking of which, that's out tomorrow. Yay!)
Having said all that, yes it's a good ripping yarn. I was way over-thinking it.