The Bone Clocks is one of my favorite books I read this year so I was very happy to learn David Mitchell was releasing a side story to it this October. Slade House takes place in the same universe as The Bone Clocks and returning readers will probably very quickly grasp what is going on before those that read it with no prior knowledge. There is a grimy passage off the beaten path in London called Slade Alley. Every 9 years a small iron door […]
Unremarkable but entertaining thriller
Imagine you are on your way home from work. You’re thinking about your evening, maybe on your way to meet some friends for a pick-up basketball game. Minding your own business. Suddenly a coat is thrown over your head and you are manhandled off the subway, injected with something, dragged through the train station and shoved in a car that speeds away from the curb. All in a matter of minutes. You wake up hours later in a feature less room to be told you […]
…and they lived happily(ish) ever after.
The final volume of Fables wraps up several plotlines and serves as a conclusion but not an ending. After all, the Fables are quasi-immortal beings and there will always be more stories for them, even if they won’t be told in the series Fables. Farewell wastes no time in quickly dispatching two of the primary antagonists of the recent storyline in order to quickly put the pieces in place for the apocalyptic Rose Red vs. Snow White showdown. The reappearance of Bigby Wolf in New […]
Pre and post apocalypse interwoven for an intriguing tale
The night the fatal Georgia Flu arrives in Toronto, fading movie star Arthur Leander has a heart attack on stage performing the title role in King Lear. Jeevan, a paramedic trainee, rushes to the actor’s aid but it is too late to save him. Kirsten, a young child actress in the production, watches fearful from the wings of the stage. So begins the compelling and surprising Station Eleven. An apocalyptic novel that moves back and forth in time, Station Eleven is a layered and entertaining […]