Book: Firecracker
Feb. 27th, 2010 09:55 pmAuthor: Sean Stewart
Details: (c) Sean Stewart 2004; Pub Orion Phoenix 2005; ISBN 0-75382-059-5
Verdict: Firecracker is gripping and amazingly creepy.
Reasons for reading it: I am very impressed with Stewart's fantasy and urban fantasy, so I've been willing to try his horror even though I generally don't like horror. I found Resurrection man just too creepy for my taste, and couldn't get through it; because the protagonist is named Danté and I misunderstood the blurb, I went into it with the impression that it was a modern retelling of the Inferno, but in fact it's about someone who discovers a corpse which is somehow his own even though he's alive, and proceeds to autopsy it. I gave up after a few chapters. But in spite of that Stewart has enough credit with me I was prepared to give this a go.
How it came into my hands: Library.
( detailed review )
Details: (c) Sean Stewart 2004; Pub Orion Phoenix 2005; ISBN 0-75382-059-5
Verdict: Firecracker is gripping and amazingly creepy.
Reasons for reading it: I am very impressed with Stewart's fantasy and urban fantasy, so I've been willing to try his horror even though I generally don't like horror. I found Resurrection man just too creepy for my taste, and couldn't get through it; because the protagonist is named Danté and I misunderstood the blurb, I went into it with the impression that it was a modern retelling of the Inferno, but in fact it's about someone who discovers a corpse which is somehow his own even though he's alive, and proceeds to autopsy it. I gave up after a few chapters. But in spite of that Stewart has enough credit with me I was prepared to give this a go.
How it came into my hands: Library.
( detailed review )
