Curfew

Phil Rickman spins a classical tale in a modern manner: very gothic, quite fast-paced. His characters are fleshed-out wonderfully, so much so that one cares for every one of them and even finds specific behaviours typical for the respective people.

One thing that amazed me was how Rickman manages to spend the last 200 pages on events spanning maybe one hour – and never to have one boring moment.

The solution might not be the most satisfying ever put on paper, but it is adequate and works strangely well in the strange surroundings of the story. All in all, a delightful read!

The book is also (better) known as Curfew.

I just got a new Phil Rickman book for my birthday, called [b:Curfew|9888365|The Curfew|Jesse Ball|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320557971s/9888365.jpg|14780366]. I was looking forward to reading a new [a:Phil Rickman|182452|Phil Rickman|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1292252234p2/182452.jpg] book, but when I opened it I discovered it was one we already had, but just sneakily published under a different title to con the public into thinking it was a new book, and so getting people to buy it twice.

Boo! Hiss! to Corvus for this dishonest and fraudulent practice.

And Boo! Hiss! to [a:Phil Rickman|182452|Phil Rickman|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1292252234p2/182452.jpg] for letting them do it.

As The Byrds used to sing:

As through this life you travel\
You meet some funny men
Some rob you with a six gun
And some with a fountain pen.