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Cargando... Death's Apprentice: A Grimm City Novel (2012)por K. W. Jeter
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. eath comes for one who does not want to go. This one does the unthinkable, he trades his son for more living time. His son, Nathaniel, becomes Death's apprentice. He works happily beside Death, learning is trade until something becomes known that will force him to face what he wants to be. The devil has plans, his plans involved horrible torture, scarifies and a bleak future for the human world. His minions are ready to start a war, and Nathaniel may be the one who can change to outcome. This is one dark, dark story. It started out slow with a nice urban fantasy feel then quickly dove into horror and stayed there for the rest of the story. It also took on a strong religious storyline at about the 1/2 way point. I was a bit miffed and felt like I was tricked into reading this religious fiction. There was suddenly "Devil, God, Angels, Hell..." What did I land onto a Hell and Brimstone church meeting ? So, with that being said I enjoyed the 'horror' of it it was wonderfully written. I did not enjoy the religious tone. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Built on top of the gates of Hell, Grimm City is the Devil’s capital on earth. A place where every coffee shop, nightclub and shopping mall is the potential hunting ground for any of the supernatural entities that inhabit the Grimm City world. Death’s seventeen-year-old apprentice, Nathaniel, comes into his own as he leads an uprising against the Devil with the help of a half-dead wraith and a giant hit-man. What results is a bloody, brutal revolt that calls upon the loyalties of both the living and the dead. Based not only upon the Brothers Grimm’s well-known fairy tales, but also upon their “unknown” sagas and essays, Death's Apprentice is the first novel to be based upon the entire Grimm canon. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The writing is strong and evocative, and the storyline progresses quickly for the most part (the backstory on each new character is sort of dumped all in one go, but it's interesting backstory and presented almost as part of the narrative, so it doesn't really slow the story down). I think it suffers in audiobook form because there are a lot of fight scenes, which, when read, mostly become confusing rather than exciting.
All in all, it was not my cup of tea, but if you like darker themes, a bleak setting, and lots of action, you'll probably like this book.
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