sibachian reviewed Differently Morphous by Yahtzee Croshaw
Review of 'Differently Morphous' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
As per usual detective stories, red herrings were all over the place, with the added benefit of being a Yahtzee story, carefully following the good writers trope of having the main character put themselves deeper and deeper into shit of their own makings. It's always a question of how the main character will shovel themselves out of the mountain of shit they've covered themselves in.
The story was coherent and well thought out. Set in the same universe as Mogworld and Jam; but the narrative felt somewhat lacking compared to his other more recent stories. There was something off about the writing, perhaps because it was written in third person rather than first person like his previous book. It was as if the story was written for Channel 4.
But! The story never really got boring, there wasn't a moment where I felt it was a good time to put …
As per usual detective stories, red herrings were all over the place, with the added benefit of being a Yahtzee story, carefully following the good writers trope of having the main character put themselves deeper and deeper into shit of their own makings. It's always a question of how the main character will shovel themselves out of the mountain of shit they've covered themselves in.
The story was coherent and well thought out. Set in the same universe as Mogworld and Jam; but the narrative felt somewhat lacking compared to his other more recent stories. There was something off about the writing, perhaps because it was written in third person rather than first person like his previous book. It was as if the story was written for Channel 4.
But! The story never really got boring, there wasn't a moment where I felt it was a good time to put down the book, as the rare slough still added important elements to the development to make it worth speeding through.
All in all, it was a funny story with a fun cast, and I especially loved the social commentary satire. Yahtzee always has some of it in his books as a form of humor, but this one really kept on delivering!
If there was one thing that disappointed me and made me feel a bit let down, it was the after end reveal. I loved the reveal, just not where he went with it. Because it had been foreshadowed to death and sort-of ruined the expectation of a grand and clever twist. Though there are some legroom to recover that disappointment by turning it on its nose in the sequel; here is for hoping!
