Review: high on artsy prose, low on story
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 08 26, 2011
I got this as a free kindle book.  Had good ratings and it looked like a quick read so why not give it a shot?I rifled through it in about a half hour or so.  I put it down.  I sat there.  I thought about it.  I still have no idea what it's about.the 'Night Walk Men' are what? Angels?  Demons?  Norse Gods? Hard to say.  The only real thing I can get from this story is that they have the power over life or death.  Or  just death.  Or maybe both? I honestly don't know.It also comes with an excerpt from his novel Thalo Blue which is placed at the end of The Night Watch Men.  I tried to read that and had to just stop.  Lots of artsy prose once again filled with comparisons, flowery language and metaphor but all that did was overshadow what little story I could pick up on.Oh well, nothing ventured nothing gained I suppose.  I can see others have liked this little short story for various reasons but it's just not my cup of tea I guess.