Member Review
Review by
Alexander J, Reviewer
Firstly - thanks to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Where do I begin with The Great When?
I cannot avoid talking about Moore's writing style. Or the narrator's choice of words. So often, nonsensical metaphors and similes detract so much from the story and goings-on, that it is so difficult to get through the book.
Genuinely - I cannot emphasise enough how much unnecessary (and all too often incorrectly used and archaic) language frequented this story. There were genuinely periods in the first half of this book that had I not received an ARC and needed to submit a review for it, I'd have given up and DNFd.
That said, the pretentious writing seemed to ease off as we neared the final third, engrossing me in a well-paced narrative - which was an enjoyable tale of a young, impressionable, and slightly dense London lad who becomes embroiled in another fantastically grotesque world.
As a stand-alone story, this was good. Not great. I've read other aspects of Moore and love his Graphic Novels and comic-book writing, and having read some of his Illuminations stories, was immeasurably excited to get stuck into this.
Sorry, but this one was not for me. Hopefully, the other stories in The Long London Quintet are written with a smoother flow.
2.3/5
Where do I begin with The Great When?
I cannot avoid talking about Moore's writing style. Or the narrator's choice of words. So often, nonsensical metaphors and similes detract so much from the story and goings-on, that it is so difficult to get through the book.
Genuinely - I cannot emphasise enough how much unnecessary (and all too often incorrectly used and archaic) language frequented this story. There were genuinely periods in the first half of this book that had I not received an ARC and needed to submit a review for it, I'd have given up and DNFd.
That said, the pretentious writing seemed to ease off as we neared the final third, engrossing me in a well-paced narrative - which was an enjoyable tale of a young, impressionable, and slightly dense London lad who becomes embroiled in another fantastically grotesque world.
As a stand-alone story, this was good. Not great. I've read other aspects of Moore and love his Graphic Novels and comic-book writing, and having read some of his Illuminations stories, was immeasurably excited to get stuck into this.
Sorry, but this one was not for me. Hopefully, the other stories in The Long London Quintet are written with a smoother flow.
2.3/5
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