Nicholas Perez’s Reviews > Contra Amatores Mundi: A Gothic Fantasy > Status Update

Kind of confused about the ending, but otherwise a very interesting and bloody little story. Review to come around lunch time.

Damn. Graham Thomas Wilcox is really bringing it with the prose.

Hieronymus is having doubts.

In this world, Christ was expelled from Heaven by God, but Christ still brought a form of a Christianity with the basic teachings, but with a Gnostic cosmology.

"After all, who among our estate has not known the love of a woman, and the joy by which is is attained when, by arduous action, it is hunted? And who does not know the contempt with which said love is condemned when, by lazy gold, we purchase its delight?"

I'm glad we get to see what Walpurga's doing too. She's very interesting!

The world-building is so interesting, especially with the religion. It's like what if Gnosticism became the main form of Christianity and magic was accepted. I'm still not sure yet, but I believe the Christ-figure is slightly different to.

Wild stuff!

I like how medieval-like the prose it.

I need a palate cleanser after that last book. Holy shit.