Ashley’s Reviews > Boy In Darkness The Centenary Edition by Mervyn Peake (1-Jul-2011) Paperback > Status Update
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i bought a palm tree - incredibly funny and kind of incredible to read peake writing in such a different style! this is so plain compared to his usual but fitting for the plot such as it is and the humor
— Jan 23, 2025 02:30PM
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same time same place - much like the previous one, fear of the unknown or the strange will deprive you of love!
— Jan 28, 2025 01:53PM
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danse macabre - oooh i really liked that one! i thought i knew where it was going but it still managed to surprise me. one of those stories that i think different people will walk away with different interpretations of
— Jan 27, 2025 02:23PM
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the connoisseurs - peake is just playing with dialogue here and hes great at it, in some ways i wish this tone came out more in gormenghast
— Jan 24, 2025 02:26PM
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the weird journey - not as easy to understand as boy in darkness but still interesting. i found the imagery harder to picture which i think added to my puzzlement
— Jan 22, 2025 01:52PM
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boy in darkness- wow what a rich story, definitely one to take in and think about, more directly metaphorical or applicable than gormenghast. there were a couple descriptions peake used over and over so a little repetitive but still very good
— Jan 21, 2025 12:57PM
