Lauren’s Reviews > The Historian > Status Update

I can't for the life of me understand all the reviews calling this book slow, when the tension slowbuild is so incredibly well-executed. The unseen threat is horrible and immense because the scale of it gets so much time to develop.

There's a definite pattern where every time someone introduces a new character and talks about how much they like them, they're about to die on the next page. So far we're down two academics, a librarian, and a cat.

This is giving Melmoth by Sarah Perry vibes - hopefully it's not nearly as boring!