Hal Duncan
Autor de Vellum
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: taleswapper
Series
Obras de Hal Duncan
The Behold Of The Eye 3 copias
Judgement 2 copias
The Disappearance of James H___ 1 copia
Le livre de toutes les heures 1 copia
A Pinch of Salt {short story} 1 copia
Whatever the Fuck You Want 1 copia
The Tower Of Morning's Bones 1 copia
Nowhere Town 1 copia
Jack Scallywag 1 copia
Golden Lads All Must 1 copia
The Fool 1 copia
The Toymaker's Grief 1 copia
The Angel of Gamblers 1 copia
Scruffians Stamp 1 copia
Sic Him Hellhound! Kill! Kill! 1 copia
An Alfabetcha of Scruffian Names 1 copia
The Beast of Buskerville 1 copia
Sonnets for Orpheus 1 copia
The City of Rotted Names 1 copia
The Chiaroscurist 1 copia
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Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It (2013) — Contribuidor — 76 copias
Wilde Stories 2008: The Best of the Year's Gay Speculative Fiction (2008) — Contribuidor — 41 copias
Sunspot Jungle: The Ever Expanding Universe of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2018) — Contribuidor — 35 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Duncan, Alistair
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1971
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Scotland
- País (para mapa)
- UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 44
- También por
- 30
- Miembros
- 2,042
- Popularidad
- #12,592
- Valoración
- 3.5
- Reseñas
- 72
- ISBNs
- 59
- Idiomas
- 7
- Favorito
- 8
I mean seriously, ask me anything about this book and I'll be like "I don't know".
Who was the main character? I don't know. What was the plot? I don't know. How did it end? I don't know. What is the Book of all hours? I don't know. Why did the author switch between three different fonts? I DON'T KNOW.
Okay, it's my fault, torturing myself, because I could tell almost from the start I wouldn't like the book, but I kept reading because I do not leave books unfinished (DAMN YOU, ELL). The narrative is just ALL over the fucking place, jumping back and forth in time ALL THE TIME and I'm sure some people like that but it was just too much for me.
And also, switching between three different fonts? WHY!? Switching between first and third person!? NO! Switching WHO THE FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE WAS WITH NO EXPLANATION!? NO NO NO NO OH MY FUCKING GODS.
I don't know, there were gods and like fifteen different stories and they all seemed cool but not a single one of them was told, not one was concluded, and in the end I feel as if I've read fifteen first chapters or outlines for stories that went nowhere.
I don't know what the story was, I don't even know what the fucking the epilogue was about and that was the only part of the entire book where the story was told straight-forward, every paragraph directly referencing the one before it and that was of course refreshing as fuck after the rest of the book, but I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
And what the fuck is an eclogue??? Like shut up it's fucking red...
Honestly, we're at a point where I honestly cannot tell if this was written ironically or not: "He has my Mark I Curzon-Youngblood in his hands - was probably using it to form the psychic link - so I take it off him, flick the safety off. The chi energy flows into it and I can feel the power in my hand, that mystic orgone life-force of the universe. Never mind the bollocks; here's the real sex pistol. And you can analyze that however you want."
What does it even mean!? Is it ironic??? Are we playing it straight - I have no idea!!! I could write a book longer than this one about all the things I did not understand about it.
No, I did not like this book. I only decided to read it because the cover was orange. Not falling for that one again.… (más)