Viscera

Paperback, 304 pages

English language

Published Nov. 20, 2016

ISBN:
978-1-940456-68-3
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OCLC Number:
936534425

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4 stars (3 reviews)

"A woman with strange abilities travels across a bizarre war-torn land in an inventive and gruesomely comic fantasy tale. The Endless War is so ancient a conflict that most of those fighting in it cannot point to its origins. The war has devastated the lands surrounding the city of Eth, turning both the city and its surroundings, including those who inhabit it, into one boiling cauldron of violence. In catacombs underneath the city, the calcified organs of long-dead gods radiate eldritch power, and the land is ruled by and fought over by those looking to hardness the complexities of dark magick. Among these desperate struggles, one woman stands apart: Ashlan Ley, who's survived much longer than most through the war and is connected to Eth in unanticipated ways. Self-exiled and stewing through old memories and regretted choices, a unexpected meeting breathes new hope into her long-simmering quest for control of …

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4 stars

4.5 stars?? This was bananas. What an imaginative author. I was like, am I really reading this book and taking a living, talking doll seriously?? Loved the creativity of this story and our two lead characters. This was more of a personal journey for each of them within a fantasy setting. The setting is actually difficult to get a handle on. Whatever war is going on is completely beside the point. Unlike most fantasy stories, the characters we follow are not the decision makers of this war, not involved in this war, not the ones who will end this war. I think sometimes a vagueness to a fantasy setting works really well because if you try to explain too much it can actually start to make less sense.

I think the plot of this book was a bit unfocused. Everything comes to a satisfying conclusion for me, but the way …

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Subjects

  • Fantasy
  • Horror
  • Fiction
  • LGBTQ
  • Dystopia