But after about 100 pages (which I realise is far too long for most people), everything started to click into place. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. As other reviewers have pointed out, it's so dark that I struggled to find any joy in reading the story. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.
Brutally, unsparingly honest. I love James' A Brief History of Seven Killings (which isn't the easiest book in the world to read), but the prose style and structure here, where our imprisoned narrator Tracker is telling his story to an unnamed interrogator for unknown reasons, takes a good while to get used to, especially as his tales are told in a seemingly random order. Somewhat torn by James as an author, I don’t know whether he is high-brow or low-brow; if his sentences are stunning in execution or infuriatingly opaque; if those ultra violent episodes are justifiable or gratuitous. James has created a complex (at times overwhelmingly so) world set in Africa with characters that will stun you. Mythology, subcontinental and African based. Black Leopard, Red Wolf is composed in six parts, but feels to be three-possibly four-acts. This novel isn't a book for skim reading and it requires patience and commitment. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. However, I ended up being rewarded by sticking with it and the book kept pulling me back in. BUT, after about 50 pages it all starts to bubble and boil in a similar fashion to the Jamaican novels. From ancient myths through science fiction, they cover it all. If you're aiming for incoherence, praise be. If you want a visceral, immersive, and wholly unique fantasy novel, and don't mind a story that meanders and doesn't wrap everything up by the end (it IS the first in a trilogy after all), then please give it a go. The stream-of-consciousness style of writing with an overuse of pronouns over names, stop-start staccato style sentences and abundance of coarse sex just rubbed me wrong.
Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha (1)) Quite simply, I loved it. And they’re honest. Genre-wise very mixed. Such an enormous disappointment ... a turgid, self-consciously complicated vanity project, with two further ‘promised’ instalments. Fantasy is not my usual genre and I was late to Game of Thrones (and I've still not finished the series) but this- this was amazing. Too much even for fans of dark fantasy. The setup ends and brusquely transitions into high fantasy journey epic à la The Fellowship of the Ring. Filled with gratuitous and rampant cursing, sexuality, violence and brutality. I could not continue in this book. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. There is so much emphasis on bodily functions, both sexual and scatological, it comes off almost comical at times because most of it is gratuitous and not germane to the plot. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.
Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Having really enjoyed A Brief History...I was eagerly anticipating this new novel by Marlon James. I won't be reading the trilogy! None of this is helped by the mostly non-linear story telling. Indeed, the book isn't easy reading. Marlon James’s Black Leopard, Red Wolf (2019) is a dark fantasy novel. I really, really, really wanted to like this. 4 stars for sure and I will be purchasing the two planned sequels. The model takes into account factors including the age of a rating, whether the ratings are from verified purchasers, and factors that establish reviewer trustworthiness.Sorry, we failed to record your vote.
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