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essjay 's review for:
Hollow Kingdom
by Kira Jane Buxton
medium-paced
Zombies, corvids, and swearing are three of my very favourite things, and I expected to L O V E this book, but I just did not.
A lot of the humour fell flat for me, I didn't vibe with ST's voice, and the constant use of 50ยข words (the same words over and over; I never want to read glaucous or fuliginous afuckingain) just irritated the shit out of me.
I'm also one of those weirdos who doesn't want to know how or why the zombies happened, so I was going to be annoyed with any explanation no matter what, but this one felt particularly preachy.
Would I have liked this more if it had been pared down considerably to a tight novella length? Maybe. Idk. Not the worst thing I've ever read for Zombruary, but also not even close to the top. Might come back and drop the rating again, depending on how mad I get when I think about it.
A lot of the humour fell flat for me, I didn't vibe with ST's voice, and the constant use of 50ยข words (the same words over and over; I never want to read glaucous or fuliginous afuckingain) just irritated the shit out of me.
I'm also one of those weirdos who doesn't want to know how or why the zombies happened, so I was going to be annoyed with any explanation no matter what, but this one felt particularly preachy.
Would I have liked this more if it had been pared down considerably to a tight novella length? Maybe. Idk. Not the worst thing I've ever read for Zombruary, but also not even close to the top. Might come back and drop the rating again, depending on how mad I get when I think about it.