Post by frankerrington on Oct 23, 2013 5:59:24 GMT -6
I'm really having a difficult time with this review. On the surface Mirror of the) Nameless seems to be a Lovecraftian influenced story of monster gods creating havoc across Europe. Segoth, Gatur and Naz Yaah each powerful in their own way and requiring thousands of human sacrifices.
Amid all the chaos we have Tom, looking for his missing girlfriend, Ashleigh, and Ashleigh's father, Dave, who has joined the search. All the while, Tom and Dave are trying to elude the police, as well as some crazy followers of Naz Yaah, and the monster gods themselves.
Sounds like fun, right? Well, not really. Not being a writer, I couldn't begin to tell you what was missing, but somehow the story just seemed incomplete. Plus, I don't fully comprehend things like allegory, which I suspect this book may be. I do see similarities between the way the general populace in Luke Walker's story has given up its freedoms and are willing to sacrifice themselves for an overall feeling of safety when compared to the way we are being forced to live our lives today. Maybe that's what Luke Walker was striving for or maybe he was just trying to write an entertaining tale. Either way, this was one book I could have lived without.
Mirror (of the) Nameless is available from DarkFuse through Amazon.com. If you have Amazon Prime you can borrow this book for FREE from the Kindle Lending Library.
Amid all the chaos we have Tom, looking for his missing girlfriend, Ashleigh, and Ashleigh's father, Dave, who has joined the search. All the while, Tom and Dave are trying to elude the police, as well as some crazy followers of Naz Yaah, and the monster gods themselves.
Sounds like fun, right? Well, not really. Not being a writer, I couldn't begin to tell you what was missing, but somehow the story just seemed incomplete. Plus, I don't fully comprehend things like allegory, which I suspect this book may be. I do see similarities between the way the general populace in Luke Walker's story has given up its freedoms and are willing to sacrifice themselves for an overall feeling of safety when compared to the way we are being forced to live our lives today. Maybe that's what Luke Walker was striving for or maybe he was just trying to write an entertaining tale. Either way, this was one book I could have lived without.
Mirror (of the) Nameless is available from DarkFuse through Amazon.com. If you have Amazon Prime you can borrow this book for FREE from the Kindle Lending Library.
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