Review: Not quite what I was expecting
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2013
House of Cartoons is about an old king, going about his daily life and reminiscing about his past. He can feel that death is near and that realization makes him look at everything and everyone around him in a new light. He starts acting differently, doing things that he normally would never have done.The story isn't very long, but the writing can be a bit tedious and so it feels longer than it actually is. There's a ton of description, which for the most part in a book is a good thing, but at times it just dragged on to be a little too much and tiring to read. Some descriptions can be a little odd, such as when they're talking about a zoo, I assumed it meant an actual, animal zoo, but after reading more about it, it seemed to be more of a prison for humans.It feels like there's supposed to be some deeper/hidden meaning throughout the story/musings of the king, but it's so obscure feeling that it's just too ponderous/confusing to try to figure out.The book is mostly well written and the story does have an obvious flow to it, even if the book does not seem to have much point to it overall. I don't really know what genre I would put this under so as to recommend it to the right demographic, but if you want to give it a try go right ahead.