Michael Irwin
Auteur de The Skull and the Nightingale
Œuvres de Michael Irwin
Old Age Rational Suicide 1 exemplaire
The first two years of SOARS 1 exemplaire
Northcoast Reflections 1 exemplaire
Il teschio e l'usignolo 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Journal d'un homme sans importance (1892) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions — 3,271 exemplaires
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To begin, I'd like to point out that Goodreads should update the book information. The paperback copy is 404 pages long, not the 360-some it says.
As for the book itself, I was incredibly disappointed. It took almost 300 pages for anything interesting to happen, and the ending was unsatisfactory to say the least. It left the reader slightly dumbfounded, but not in a way that one would wish. Very few characters are multi-dimensional, with most failing to rise from the page. The whole story was dark, but not in a Poe or Gothic sort of way, it was just... dark. Perhaps, unnecessarily so.
In short, I would not recommend this. Normally, I keep my first read books on principal, but I don't think I even want anyone stumbling across this among my piles and shelves if/when they look for something to read.… (plus d'informations)