Review: Unnerving
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 18, 2014
The Beggar of Beliefs (The Spirals of Danu) is a surprising and unnerving story. The book involves a number of short storylines that are fundamentally linked and held together by the main thread which is that of a researcher detailing his book to a publisher. The book is about the origins of Man, alternative dimensions, angels and demons and the nature of Time. It sounds like a heavy read, it isn't. It did take a chapter or two for me to get into and to be able to catch on to what was unfolding, but once I did, I couldn't put this book down. I read horror to get scared, but afterwards when the book is over that's it. I'm back to normal happy me. But with The Beggar I was unnerved for a long time an kept wondering maybe there is more truth in this creepy story than I would want to believe. The descriptions of the Demon-Mother are horrific. The different stories mesmerising in their own unique ways. My favourite character was Adammeh. I loved his myth. Martin Adil-Smith has a wonderful and complex imagination.