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Rabbit Hole
Winner! 2012 London Book Festival Awards (Runner Up: Science Fiction/Fantasy Division)
In the wake of tragedy and loss, Caspian Hythe has returned to his family's ancestral home in England.
But home is not as it should be.
No longer a place of safety or of peace, home is now a place of horror and fear. For an ancient mystery has re-awakened - bloodthirsty and unimaginable - something is killing in the town of Guildford.
And the trail of blood is just the beginning.
From the creator of the award-winning SciFi Fantasy novels TAU4 and HAMMERSPACE, comes a new Fantasy and Dark Sorcery series. Now a young man will pit himself against an ageless evil as he travels a deadly path toward the ultimate mystery of all.
Love ..... Hate. Life ..... Death.
What lies between them is a RABBITHOLE.
In the wake of tragedy and loss, Caspian Hythe has returned to his family's ancestral home in England.
But home is not as it should be.
No longer a place of safety or of peace, home is now a place of horror and fear. For an ancient mystery has re-awakened - bloodthirsty and unimaginable - something is killing in the town of Guildford.
And the trail of blood is just the beginning.
From the creator of the award-winning SciFi Fantasy novels TAU4 and HAMMERSPACE, comes a new Fantasy and Dark Sorcery series. Now a young man will pit himself against an ageless evil as he travels a deadly path toward the ultimate mystery of all.
Love ..... Hate. Life ..... Death.
What lies between them is a RABBITHOLE.
382 pages, Paperback
First published December 23, 2012
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June 2, 2014
This book was difficult on me. I thought the story itself was creative and interesting; however, I wasn't really a fan of the writing style.
The story felt rushed a lot of the times to me. things move very quickly and there was no downtime between events. The tension was high the entire time making moments that should have been tense just like every other scene.
I felt the way the characters behaved was also a little odd and that they seemed to know every little thing they needed to know (or at least discovered the solutions rather quickly) which in a completely new world where things work different and magic exists makes no sense. the main character denying that gryphons exist to accepting everything and becoming what he did with no problem was a problem for me.
The writing style itself was also a problem for me. I felt that at many points the author was trying just to show off how smart she is with her grammar and fancy words. Often it felt out of place and forced to me. the way characters were referred to could also be slightly headache inducing at points. With the main character being referred to, almost randomly it seemed, as four different things (I believe it was four). on at least on occasion two different names/titles either in the same sentence or bordering sentences that blended in my head.
Honestly, I wanted to give it a two star rating but something about the concept/idea behind the book just wouldn't let me do it.
The story felt rushed a lot of the times to me. things move very quickly and there was no downtime between events. The tension was high the entire time making moments that should have been tense just like every other scene.
I felt the way the characters behaved was also a little odd and that they seemed to know every little thing they needed to know (or at least discovered the solutions rather quickly) which in a completely new world where things work different and magic exists makes no sense. the main character denying that gryphons exist to accepting everything and becoming what he did with no problem was a problem for me.
The writing style itself was also a problem for me. I felt that at many points the author was trying just to show off how smart she is with her grammar and fancy words. Often it felt out of place and forced to me. the way characters were referred to could also be slightly headache inducing at points. With the main character being referred to, almost randomly it seemed, as four different things (I believe it was four). on at least on occasion two different names/titles either in the same sentence or bordering sentences that blended in my head.
Honestly, I wanted to give it a two star rating but something about the concept/idea behind the book just wouldn't let me do it.
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