Review: A fun, unique, and curious amalgam of genres
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2014
Right off the bat, I’ll be honest: I’m not really that much into fantasy. I’m also not much for mysteries. I’m a fair-weather, casual fan of both. I like the basis for the genres, but I generally leave it up to others to tell me what’s good before I invest a lot of my time into it. The two genres as a whole usually bore me because it’s a lot of the same old, rehashed content. I think that, in and of itself, fed into my fascination with this book. It’s such a strange take on fantasy and mystery, mixing in a lot of humor and eccentric, eclectic style that really sets it apart from the rest of the crowd. There’s also a lot of memorable, fleshed-out characters, and an interesting plot, which are generally lacking in a fantasy genre that is so quick to jump to played-out archetypes and to rely on the usual tropes. I really enjoyed the novel, and would recommend it to fans of any of the constituent genres.