There are 2 reasons I hated this. One, it’s billed as fantasy, and really is not. Promising me something, and giving me something else is just uncool. Two, I do not enjoy at all narrative that try too hard to be philosophical. This goes there big time. The same story repeated from 3 different perspectives offering new details each time, involving werewolves and half werewolves. This is probably where the fantasy label comes from, but you need more than werewolves to bury the fact the […]
Book Club Discussion Post: The Devourers
Welcome to our first #CannonBookClub of 2017! We’re tackling the fantasy work The Devourers by Indra Das. First, a personal thanks to all of you who attempted this book: reading something because you are ‘supposed to’ is rarely as fun as reading something because you want to, but I always feel our discussions more than make up the difference. Ground rules remain the same as they always have. For those of you who might be joining us for the first time (hello new friends!) all […]
Well that was….. different….
Because of work craziness, March has been a gongshow month for me in terms of reading, but I was determined to get this one done before the 8th. I’m in the group of those who voted for this selection, and I’m not 100% sure if I stand by it, or if I want to apologize to you all. I’ll go light on plot synopsis here, because this has already been reviewed and discussed lots here recently. Alok is approached one evening by a mysterious stranger who […]
I don’t agree with the Amazon reviews…
Some people reported this as “engrossing” and “captivating” or “compelling”… I would never say that. Perhaps these other people have never read another book? I would also not call it mind-blowing… unless you mean mind-blowingly slow, mind-blowingly full of superfluous adjectives, or mind-blowingly awkward. Yeah, I’m not a fan of this book and I would not have finished it except that I want to be able to participate in my first group book read… A short blurb containing *SPOILERS*: Alok meets a stranger who refuses […]